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Sailor killed

Monday 18 July 1994 23:02 BST
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A 17-year-old girl, who stabbed to death a former sailor, Alex Purcell, 53, when he tried to force her to have sex, was jailed for three years for manslaughter at Newcastle Crown Court.

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