A Hunter Valley woman has admitted to stabbing a man in a street fight near Newcastle, but her lawyer has told a jury it was in self-defence.

Jason Adams, 27, was found dead on a road with a stab wound to his chest at Raymond Terrace in the early hours of February 29, 2020.

Lily Ridgeway, 26, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the Supreme Court in Newcastle.

In her opening address, Ms Ridgeway's barrister Talitha Hennessy argued the stabbing was an accident, and that her client had acted in self-defence and did not unlawfully kill Mr Adams.

The court heard Mr Adams was killed during a fight outside the home of a friend of Ms Ridgeway, who she had been staying with.

The jury was told Mr Adams had also been staying with that friend, but when relations soured, he was forced to lea

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