The man accused of killing his landlady by pushing her down the stairs said he simply pushed her away to stop her "kicking and slapping" him, a court heard.Jesse Harper, 22, has denied the manslaughter of 55-year-old Joanna Doman.Prosecutors allege an angry Harper pushed Mrs Doman down the stairs of her Hillside View cottage on Sunday May 10, causing severe head injuries from which she died the next day. He accepts that he pushed her during an argument at the top of the steep stairs...
