An abusive wife who subjected her husband to long-term physical abuse has been convicted of his murder today (20 March 2019).

Hannegret Donnelly, 54, called the emergency services on 31 March last year to say her husband, Christopher Donnelly, had died the previous night. When paramedics arrived at the Donnelly home in Berryfields near Aylesbury, they found Christopher Donnelly’s body in the bathroom. It was immediately obvious to them that he had a number of wounds to his head; wounds which his wife admitted she had inflicted with a rolling pin.