BREAKING: Holmes pleads guilty to manslaughter on first day of trial
MEDICINE HAT, AB — A Medicine Hat woman charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of her husband has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Barbara Holmes, 53, pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter on the first day of a scheduled 10-day trial Monday morning in the Medicine Hat Court of Queen’s Bench.
Court heard details about what led up to the night John Holmes was stabbed multiple times in their family home.