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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helen Pidd

Man who killed his wife in ‘act of love’ calls for assisted dying law

Graham Mansfield.
Graham Mansfield, 73, was cleared of murder by a jury this week but found guilty of manslaughter. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

A man who cut his terminally ill wife’s throat in an “act of love” said he would do the same again to give her peace, as he called for a change in the law to allow assisted dying.

Graham Mansfield, 73, was cleared of murder by a jury this week. They found the retired baggage handler guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter after hearing how he and his wife, Dyanne, 71, agreed to die together after the pain of her terminal cancer became too much to bear.

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