Pensioner Who Put Mercury In Wife's Tea Avoids Jail
469 views · Published 28 August 2009 · 1:59 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: Sky News · 2009 · News & Politics
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ A pensioner who poisoned his estranged wife by putting mercury in her tea has been given a suspended prison sentence of 350 days. William Dowling said he hoped she would become dependent on him and that he would win her back by nursing her back to health. Sky's Tom Parmenter reports.
