Paige Poulton found not guilty of manslaughter after Jack Cadwallader fatally stabbed in Harrietsham

Meghan Shaw has all the details of the jury's not guilty verdict.

Transcript

00:00A unanimous verdict at Maidstone Crown Court found a young woman not guilty of manslaughter

00:05after she stabbed her cousin's boyfriend, telling the jury it was self-defence.

00:10On the 2nd of July last year, 19-year-old Paige Poulton, now 20,

00:15fatally wounded Jack Cadwalader in the chest and was initially charged with murder.

00:21What are you doing down there? What are you doing?

00:24Get out, get out. You're both under arrest, all right? It's a suspicion of a murder.

00:313-0. You're going under 10 on the back.

00:33Okay, so Paige, just to update you, so the timer is 0-300 hours.

00:38I'm now arresting you on suspicion of murder, okay?

00:40So you do not have to say anything, but it may harm a defence if you do not mention when questioned,

00:44something which you later are in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

00:47It's all right? Do you understand?

00:48All right.

00:49Okay.

00:51This footage was taken on the day before the incident.

00:53Miss Poulton told the jury she armed herself only to scare Mr Cadwalader away,

00:59but when he ran at her with a guard and chair, the blade proved fatal.

01:03Miss Burn, however, claimed that her partner had made no threats throughout the night

01:07and picked up the chair only to defend himself from Miss Poulton.

01:11Mr Cadwalader was rushed to Maidstone Hospital, where resuscitation attempts failed to save him.

01:18Now cleared, Miss Poulton will be released from custody.

01:21Megan Shaw for Kame TV in Maidstone.