Woman Killed By Partner After Argument On The First Night Of Their Holiday

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A mum-of-three went on holiday to the Isle of Man and was killed by her partner while the familycelebrated Easter weekend.

Jillian Hughes, 57, was visiting the island with members of her family including her granddaughter and partner John Meadows, 53, on March 29, 2024.

The grandmother, from Kirkby in Merseyside, was enjoying the first night of her holiday when she was killed, Liverpool Echo reports. A coroner concluded Jillian died after suffering a "heavy blow" to the neck from her partner. At around 9.20pm, an altercation occurred outside the Palace Hotel on Central Promenade, Douglas. During the incident, Jill was hit by Meadows and later died in hospital.

An inquest into the death of the Kirkby nan, held at the Gerard Majella Courthouse in Liverpool on Monday, heard how the family had been celebrating the Easter weekend with a trip away. They had been having drinks together in the city centre when an argument occurred between Jillian, who was a mental health support worker, and another family member.

The family had been walking along the promenade outside the Best Western hotel when an altercation took place. Jillian sustained a single blow to the head and fell to the floor. 999 were called and emergency services attended the scene, where they found Jillian on the ground.

She was transferred to Noble’s Hospital where resuscitation attempts were continued, but she was pronounced dead at around 10.28pm. The inquest heard how during the incident Jillian suffered a “heavy blow” to the left side of her neck, after being punched once, just before she became unresponsive and suffered a cardiac arrest.



Coroner André Rebello ruled Jillian had died following an unlawful and dangerous act that caused death. He concluded she died from an unlawful killing following a fatal blow on March 29, 2024, which resulted in her death the same day.

Meadows, of Verney Crescent in Allerton, was charged with manslaughter and appeared in court in Isle of Man on October 11, where he pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison.

After her death, Jillian's family paid tribute to her in a moving statement. They said: "Our Jill was one in a million. She was such a happy, sarcastic, hardworking and passionate person.

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