A man shot his wife dead in the hallway of their Southport home and covered her body with a blanket before turning the gun on himself.
Retired gardener Leslie Wardleworth, 74, shot Catherine Wardleworth, 72, twice in the left arm and chest some time before her body was found by her horrified daughter on the afternoon of June 23 2021. He then went upstairs, got into bed and turned the 12 bore double-barrel shotgun on himself.
A two-year investigation into the incident came to an end today, June 15, in a joint inquest at Bootle Town Hall.
