Pensioner who strangled wife to death five days into first lockdown jailed for 5 years
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mirror.co.ukA pensioner who strangled his wife to death five days into the first UK lockdown has been jailed for five years. Anthony Williams, 70, told police he “literally choked the living daylights” out of his wife Ruth, 67, on the morning of March 28 last year after a period of feeling depressed and anxious.
A jury at Swansea Crown Court unanimously found Williams not guilty of murder on Monday. Williams, from Cwmbran, South Wales, previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.
He told police he had suffered sleepless nights in the run-up to the attack due to “trivial” fears including that he would run out of money because he was not able to attend his bank to take out cash from his savings.
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