Overview
- Jemma Marshall and Jason Wadsworth were found guilty of manslaughter at Manchester Crown Court and acquitted of murder.
- Prosecutors said Marshall ran an illicit lending operation and used Wadsworth as an enforcer to recover inflated debts from vulnerable people.
- CCTV and witness testimony showed Shaw was forced into Marshall’s Audi on 10 September 2023, assaulted, taken home bloodied, and later collapsed.
- A post-mortem and trial experts concluded Shaw’s sudden liver failure on 4 November 2023 was triggered by haemorrhage from assault-related spleen injuries, satisfying the legal causation test.
- Sentencing is set for 22 December 2025, with Marshall granted bail pending sentence and Wadsworth remanded in custody.