The family of a Nottinghamshire woman who was killed at her home have paid tribute to her and described her death as 'cold calculated murder'. Ruth Hufton, 46, was found dead in a flat in County Close, Beeston, on September 25, 2023, four days after she had a scarf tied around her neck. Anthony Green, 51, also of County Close, was sentenced to 12 years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday, June 13.
He initially pleaded not guilty to murder on September 30, 2023, before entering a guilty plea to a charge of manslaughter on March 24 this year. This plea was accepted and Green did not face trial over the murder allegation. Today (June 13) at his sentencing hearing for manslaughter the court was told that Ms Hufton and the defendant lived in adjacent blocks of flats.
Following the breakdown of a toxic relationship, Ms Hufton was 'depressed and upset' and developed an addiction to class A drugs, which was shared by Green following the loss of his job in 2020. READ MORE: Man admits killing Beeston woman Ruth Hufton by tying scarf around her neck The court heard how the pair used drugs together and would get involved in sexual activities. Evidence determined that Ms Hufton was killed when Green tied a scarf "tightly" twice around her neck, preventing her from breathing, in the morning of September 21, 2023.
Green then took her phone, which was never recovered, and left her in an "undignified" position. Mary Prior KC, prosecuting, said Ms Hufton "would have felt fear and t.