Their last night together was spent 'crying and telling each other how much we loved one another' 💔
A heartbroken husband killed his dying wife by slitting her throat at the bottom of their garden - in an act which 'went against every fibre of his body'. The pair had celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary just months earlier.His wife, Dyanne, had been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in October 2020, just weeks after their 40th wedding anniversary.
But by March last year Mrs Mansfield was in unbearable pain and told her husband 'I've had enough, I can’t take anymore'. On March 22 they drove to Buxton and Macclesfield to find a 'quiet' and 'convenient' place to carry out the pact, but instead decided to use their garden the following day. It was cold so they both put their coats on and, after Mr Mansfield had locked up the house on Canterbury Road, made their way down to the bottom of the garden where two chairs were arranged next to each other. He asked 'Are you ready?', to which his wife replied 'Yes, I won't make a noise'. He then walked behind the chair she was sat in and slit her throat with a Stanley knife.
Mrs Mansfield, a retired import/export clerk, was found in a chair at the bottom of their garden. A note nearby was addressed to police and read: "We have decided to take our own lives." Jurors took 90 minutes to return the unanimous verdict following a four day trial. Mr Mansfield was sentenced a two year suspended prison sentence after the judge said he was 'entirely satisfied' that Mr Mansfield had acted out of 'love' and 'compassion' towards his spouse.
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