However following Mr Fitzsimmons' death, Simmonds, 48, of Argosy Road, Grange Park, was charged with manslaughter - an offence she denied.ĭuring a four day trial at Preston Crown Court the jury heard how on September 29, 2017, Mr Fitzsimmonds called at Walton's flat in Withnell Road, Blackpool, to borrow some Rizla papers. READ MORE: Firestarter who killed four siblings in house blaze could be released next month In 2018, Simmonds and Walton pleaded guilty to wounding and were jointly sentenced for the offence.

Medics initially thought he was suffering the effects of alcohol withdrawal but it later emerged an unnoticed injury to his diaphragm, sustained during the 2017 attack, had become infected and he died from peritonitis. Mr Fitzsimmons was treated for the stab wound to his torso and appeared to make a full recovery, however in September 2019 he went to A&E with severe gastric issues. Jeremy 'Jez' Fitzsimmons died from complications of a stabbing two years after he was set upon by Tracey Simmonds and James 'Jimmy' Walton in September 2017. A Blackpool woman has been found guilty of manslaughter after her childhood friend died two years after she stabbed him.

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