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Heartbroken daughter of murder victim speaks out as killer detained under mental health act The daughter of 58-year-old Mandy Houghton who was killed by her neighbour, Alan Fare, in an unprovoked, unlawful attack, has spoken of her familys devastation. Donna Woods bravely took to the witness stand at Preston Crown Court on Thursday after a jury found the now 74-year-old guilty of the act of killing her mother on June 3 2020.  Ms Woods told the court: "This statement is about my mum. "O...

Pensioner convicted of murder of Nelson woman A pensioner has today (May 13th) been sentenced after being found guilty of the murder of his neighbour at her home in Nelson. Thursday, 13th May 2021, 6:00 pm Alan Fare (73) of Victory Close, Nelson was given a hospital order at Preston Crown Court for the murder of Mandy Houghton (58) also from Nelson. Shortly before 11am on June 3rd 2020 Fare arrived at Burnley Police Station saying he thought he had “killed someone.” Officers immediately att...

By Amy Farnworth Alan Fare, 72, is charged with the murder of mum-of-two Mandy Houghton. Fare, who suffers with dementia and psychosis has been rendered unfit to be tried and is appearing at court via video-link from Guild Lodge, where he has been since October 2020. A jury of eight men and four women have already been selected and sworn in. Jurors will be making delivering a verdict based upon whether they find he did the act charged agai...