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Pietro Addis, now aged 20, admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility before a court cleared him of murdering Sue Addis, 69, using kitchen knives to inflict 17 wounds. He was jailed for 15 years.

A detective has paid tribute to “much-loved grandmother” Sue Addis after her grandson was cleared of murdering her.

A teenager has been found not guilty of murdering his grandmother after stabbing her at her home.

On a January evening two years ago, Pietro Addis dialled 999 and told the operator: Im calling to hand myself in. Asked what he had done, the 17-year-old simply replied: Theres been a murder.

The judge who presided over the Sue Addis trial has described the case as “deeply sad and distressing” after a teenager was acquitted of murder.

Sue Addis, 69, was found at her Brighton home with 17 stab wounds by police after grandson Pietro (pictured) called 999 to turn himself in. He was found not guilty of murder by a jury.

A jury has retired to deliberate its verdict in the trial into the alleged murder of Sue Addis.

A teenager accused of murdering his grandmother was "in control" when police arrived at the scene, his trial was told.

On the day the government announced household heating bills are set to rise by £1,000, the trial failed to start after courtroom temperatures hit more than 28C.

A murder trial was abandoned for the day after court heating was left on all weekend.