Court finds British man who killed ailing wife guilty of manslaughter, but not murder

A British man has been found guilty of manslaughter for killing his ailing wife. The man's wife had a blood ailment and was 76 years old.

The court accepted witness testimony that Janice feared her blood ailment would develop into full-blown leukemia and had repeatedly pleaded with her husband to take her life because she didn’t want to share the fate of her sister who died of the disease.

Hunter attempted to take his own life by consuming a large amount of pills after doing something "he never before thought possible - closing his hands over his wife’s mouth and nose," the court heard, but medical staff saved his life.