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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Martha McHardy

Woman strangled husband to death with dressing gown cord after row

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

A woman strangled her husband of 31 years to death with a dressing gown cord after a row before leaving his body in their house for three days.

Lorraine Smith, 63, killed her 70-year-old husband Andrew Smith in the early hours of 13 December 2021 and then called police, telling them: “I think it was me”.

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