BBC News - Bill Barbour killed wife Anne 'to preserve her dignity'

Bill Barbour and his wife Anne
Bill Barbour and his wife Anne had been married for 61 years

A coroner has said that an Enniskillen man who killed his wife in 2009 wanted to preserve her dignity at the end of a "devastating illness".

Bill Barbour, 89, suffocated his 83-year-old wife Anne, who was in the latter stages of Alzheimer's Disease.

He then took his own life by drowning himself in Rossole Lough near their home on [...]

Full article at bbc.co.uk

 

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