Covid: Husband not guilty of murdering wife in lockdown [View all]

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Anthony Williams, 70, said he "just flipped" and strangled his wife Ruth at their home in Cwmbran, Torfaen.

Williams, of Brynglas, Hollybush, denied murdering the 67-year-old in March 2020, but admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility.

A jury at Swansea Crown Court took just over five hours to find the retired factory worker not guilty of murder.

Williams will be sentenced on Thursday.

The trial heard Williams strangled his wife of 46 years on the morning of 28 March after an argument.

The defence said Williams had not slept properly for several nights because of worries over coronavirus, money and his health.

He told police he had "choked the living daylights" out of Mrs Williams.

Williams had been suffering from depression and anxiety in the weeks before he killed his wife, the jury heard, and "just snapped" and attacked her when she told him to "get over it".
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