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Savannah Meacham

Man strangled wife believing she stole his ID cards

A man killed his wife on Valentine's Day during a drug-induced psychosis, a judge has heard. (Samantha Manchee/AAP PHOTOS)

A man strangled his wife at a hotel on Valentine's Day while suffering a drug-induced psychosis that sparked paranoia she had stolen his driver's licence.

Jeffrey James Godfrey, 53, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Brisbane Supreme Court on Thursday, accused of killing his wife of 27 years, Vanessa Godfrey, 46, at the Pelican Waters Resort on Queensland's Sunshine Coast on February 14, 2022.

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