A pensioner has admitted killing her 81-year-old husband by smothering him after a disagreement over finances.
Janet Dunn, 73, "found herself holding a pillow over the face" of her partner of 53 years, Anthony Dunn, who died as a result of her actions. She then fled their martial home, leaving their adult daughter to discover his body and call police.
The following day Dunn was arrested and was initially charged with murder. Now Dunn, of Beech Court, Ponteland, Northumberland, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Newcastle Crown Court and prosecutors accepted the plea and dropped the murder charge.
