‘Abused’ wife joked about hanging husband before stabbing him to death

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A woman who murdered her husband joked about hanging him just months before she stabbed him to death, it has been reported. Penny Jackson killed husband David on her 68th birthday on February 13 this year at their home.

She then called police as he lay dying and told them “I should have stabbed him more”. Ten months before she ended his life, during lockdown, Jackson turned her Facebook cover photo into an image of a woman knitting a noose, Mail Online reports. “Quarantined with hubbie for two weeks – Gertrude is knitting something special for him!” a caption on the image read.

The retired accountant was jailed for at least 18 years for knifing her husband to death then refusing to follow a 999 operator’s instructions to help him as he