A Fatal Accident Inquiry has confirmed that a chef jailed for stabbing his wife to death in a horrific attack, died in a Lanarkshire hospice.
Peter Cumming stabbed grandmother Lynda Brown, 63, four times in the back as he prepared for a dinner party in 2012.
The 66-year-old was jailed for a minimum of 14 years after pleading guilty to the murder at their home in Shawlands.
Cumming had been held at HMP Shotts, but died in a hospice in East Kilbride a FAI confirmed last week.
The hearing at Hamilton Sheriff Court was told he had been diagnosed with advanced cancer two months before his death in August 2020, but had refused treatment.
Cumming, who had previous domestic abuse convictions towards his partner, had admitted the killing at the High Court in Glasgow in 2013.
He and his victim had planned a meal with friends, but claimed he flew into a rage Brown told him that she had already eaten and this made him 'really angry'.
He said they exchanged words during which 'something snapped' and he stabbed her while she was standing and again when she was on the ground.
Their guests arrived shortly after police and discovered their hostess dead and their host in handcuffs.
The fatal blow severed an artery in her neck and caused massive blood loss.
In a written judgment, Sheriff Moira MacKenzie said: "On August 21, 2020 an application for early release on compassionate grounds for Mr Cumming was submitted to the Parole Board by HMP Shotts.
"The application was pending at the time of Mr Cumming's death, therefore he remained in legal custody at the time of his death.
"Mr Cumming was accompanied by prison guards during his time in both Wishaw General Hospital and Kilbryde Hospice."
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