Woman jailed over former partner's 'elaborate' killing

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The sentencing judge dismissed Toni Peacock's remorse, saying she pled guilty as 'the best possible result (she) could hope for'.

Toni Leanne Peacock, 43, facedon Tuesday for sentencing after pleading guilty last week to the manslaughter of Mark Carson.

"You were in the role of the femme fatale. You held the affections of two men with one, Millard, speaking regularly about seriously hurting or killing the other," he said."The plea was made in circumstances where realistically manslaughter was the best possible result you could hope for," he said. Millard used Peacock's phone to send a message to a friend that stated "the karma train is en route".

Peacock armed herself with a screwdriver from the house while Millard grabbed a knife and attacked Mr Carson. This included Millard attempting to leave strangulation marks on Peacock before hitting her with a martial arts weapon owned by Mr Carson.

 

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