Pensioner who strangled wife to death after he 'snapped' during lockdown jailed for five years
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA pensioner who strangled his wife to death after he 'snapped' days into the first UK lockdown has been jailed.Anthony Williams, 70, told police he “literally choked the living daylights” out of his wife of 46 years on the morning of March 28 last year at their home in south Wales.Williams was cleared of murder following a trial in which a psychologist argued his anxiety “was heightened” because of lockdown, which impaired his ability to exercise self-control.He told officers that he had “snapped” while in bed following a period of feeling depressed and anxious.Williams admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility and was sentenced to.
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