Man jailed for smothering his disabled wife as she pleaded ‘don’t do this’

Man jailed for smothering his disabled wife as she pleaded ‘don’t do this’

Court told that Peter Matthews, 80, was devoted to Carol, his wife of 56 years, and admitted full details of the murder

A disabled pensioner begged her husband not to kill her in their bed as they had “everything to live for” before he smothered her with a pillow, a court has been told.

Peter Matthews, 80, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years on Friday for killing his wife of 56 years, Carol Matthews, 73, at their home in Denton Grove, Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, in March.

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