A pensioner who cut his wife's throat as part of a suicide pact when she became terminally ill has been sentenced to a suspended two-year jail term
Three knives and a lump hammer were found near her body.
"I couldn't bear to live without Dyanne and as the months progressed and as things got worse, it only reinforced our decision that the time has arrived. We hope you all understand.Neither note was signed by Mrs Mansfield, the court heard. Police went on to speak to the couple's family, friends and neighbours, who spoke favourably about the defendant and his "unswerving devotion" to his wife.
Mansfield, who had been on bail, denied murder. He also pleaded not guilty to an alternative count of manslaughter on the grounds that his actions were "undertaken through duress of circumstances".
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