A pensioner who killed his wife by slitting her throat has revealed how the couple planned a suicide pact together.
walked free from court on Thursday despite being convicted of the manslaughter of Dyanne Mansfield, 71.
He asked her whether she would be willing for him to kill her if ‘things got too bad’, jurors at Manchester Crown Court heard. In the preceding days, Mansfield started making plans including cancelling the papers, the milk delivery and the window cleaner, emptying the freezer and tidying the house. Afterwards, they both walked to the back of the garden where two chairs were arranged next to each other.The couple met in 1974 He then walked behind the chair she was sat in and slit her throat with a Stanley knife.
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