A retired accountant jailed for stabbing her husband to death has lost a bid to bring a challenge against her conviction at the Court of Appeal. Penelope Jackson killed her husband of 24 years, David, 78, at their home in Parsonage Road, Berrow, Somerset, in February 2021.
She denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter – saying she had lost control following years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband.
Bristol Crown Court previously heard that Jackson repeatedly refused to help the victim when the operator asked her to take steps such as apply pressure to the wound or throw him a towel to try to stem the bleeding.
