'He killed his wife but he's no criminal - I want to shake him by the hand for speaking out': Man with Alzheimer's backs tragic case of Graham Mansfield
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man with Alzheimer's who stands ready to end his life on his own terms has supported calls for a law change over assisted dying made by a pensioner who killed his terminally-ill wife by cutting her throat.
Alex Pandolfo, 68, said he wants to meet Graham Mansfield and 'shake his hand' for speaking out. He argued the fact Mr Mansfield ended up in court was 'the fault of the law' and had euthanasia been legal, he could have sat with his wife of 40 years.
After a hugely emotive criminal trial the 73-year-old was acquitted of the murder of his wife, Dyanne, in the back garden of their home in Hale, Trafford, but found guilty of her manslaughter.
He told jurors of a suicide pact they made after Mrs Mansfield, 71, had been diagnosed with stage four cancer. She had asked her husband to kill her when her illness got 'too bad', the court heard, as she didn't want to go into hospital. READ MORE: Every harrowing word the judge told Graham Mansfield Mr Mansfield, who tried but failed to then take his own life, told the Manchester Evening News after he was spared a prison sentence that he 'killed her with love' and called for assisted dying to be legalised, saying the country would be a better place for it and others would be spared the ordeal they went through.
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