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Nov 2021
Convicted Mayfield Grove killer to be sentenced
Daniel Ainsley will be sentenced to prison today for the murder of 48-year-old Mark Wolsey in March. Ainsley, 24, was found guilty of stabbing Mr Wolsey to death by a jury at Leeds Crown Court last month.
Daniel Ainsley, was found guilty of murder at Leeds Crown Court on October 22.
Convicted murderer Daniel Ainsley is set to appear before court today to be sentenced to prison.
Ainsley (pictured) was found guilty by a jury of murdering 48-year-old Mark Wolsey at his bedsit on Mayfield Grove in Harrogate.
Mr Wolsey was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services after Ainsley stabbed him 15 times in the chest and arm with a kitchen knife on March 5.
Now, the 24-year-old will appear before Leeds Crown Court this morning for sentencing.
Ainsley was living in Mr Wolsey’s bedsit at 38 Mayfield Grove after he became homeless.
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He admitted manslaughter, but denied murdering Mr Wolsey on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to an “abnormality of mental functioning”.
However, it took a jury five hours and 17 minutes to find Ainsley guilty of murder on October 22.
Mark McKone QC, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court that the murder was “premeditated”, “goal-directed” and “purposeful”.
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