The court cases that shocked Greater Manchester in 2022 Court reporter Andrew Bardsley looks back at some of the most high profile cases the M.E.N. has covered Manchester Evening News · Dec 30, 2022
'It's not the first time and it won't be the last': Graham and Dyanne Mansfield's tragic suicide pact shows why we need to change the law on assisted dying If we had a compassionate assisted dying law in the UK, none of this would have happened, writes Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK Manchester Evening News · Aug 7, 2022
'He killed her because he loved her', her brother forgave him, and then he walked free from court - the couple whose story could change Britain M.E.N court reporter Andrew Bardsley reports on an extraordinary case Manchester Evening News · Jul 24, 2022
The man who killed his wife by slitting her throat in 'an act of love'... and the emotional debate that followed "Without urgent reform we will certainly see more tragic cases like the Mansfields, but fortunately the clamour for change is louder than ever" Manchester Evening News · Jul 24, 2022
Terminally-ill wife promised ‘I won’t make a noise’ before husband slit her throat Graham Mansfield was cleared of murder but given a suspended sentence for manslaughter after slitting his wife Dyanne's throat before making a failed suicide attempt Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022
The Mancunian Way: An act of love Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Friday July 22, 2022. Manchester Evening News · Jul 22, 2022
Brother of woman killed by her husband in suicide pact speaks out on his 'similar situation' Graham Mansfield slit his wife's throat then unsuccessfully tried to kill himself Manchester Evening News · Jul 22, 2022
Euthanasia and assisted suicide: what is the law in the UK ? As Graham Mansfield is found not guilty of murder for killing his terminally ill wife, Dyanne, we look at key assisted-dying debates The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2022
Husband who slashed wife’s throat in suicide pact says he ‘killed her with love’ as he walks free Graham Mansfield, 73, cut his wife's throat with a Stanley blade then unsuccessfully tried to kill himself but has walked free from court this week. Daily Record · Jul 22, 2022
How mercy-killings are prosecuted and why Graham Mansfield was convicted of killing his wife "Mansfield failed to convince the jury that this had been a lawful killing" Manchester Evening News · Jul 22, 2022
"You killed your wife... and then tried to kill yourself": Every harrowing word the judge told Graham Mansfield as he allowed him to walk free from court after killing his wife in 'act of love' The judge said it was an 'exceptional' case Manchester Evening News · Jul 22, 2022
"She was my whole world": Husband who cut his terminally ill wife's throat in desperate suicide pact says he 'killed her with love'... she promised him 'I won't make a noise' He slit her throat then unsuccessfully tried to kill himself. In an exclusive interview with the Manchester Evening News at his home in Hale, Mr Mansfield says the act "went against every fibre of my body", adding: "I ran round to the front of the chair. I said 'What have… Manchester Evening News · Jul 22, 2022
'An act of love to end her suffering' - Judge's words as man walks free from court after cutting wife's throat "The last thing you would have wanted was not joining your wife in death." Manchester Evening News · Jul 21, 2022
The Mancunian Way: When pollution spikes Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Thursday July 21, 2022. Manchester Evening News · Jul 21, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Jul 21, 2022 "I don't want anybody else to go through this..." husband who killed wife in failed suicide pact calls for euthanasia to be legalised Graham Mansfield, 73, received a suspended sentence for the manslaughter of his wife Dyanne
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022 Suicide pact pensioner who killed wife says ‘law has to change’ Graham Mansfield walked free from court after a judge said he was satisfied he acted ‘out of love’ in taking the life of his cancer-stricken wife.
Manchester Evening News · Jul 21, 2022 Man who cut wife's throat walks free from court after brother-in-law said he'd 'suffered more than enough' Graham Mansfield was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Dyanne
Liverpool Echo · Jul 21, 2022 Pensioner who cut wife's throat in failed suicide pact walks free from court Graham Mansfield, 73, said his cancer-stricken wife asked him to take her life "when things get bad for me"
The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022 Man, 73, who cut wife’s throat in suicide pact cleared of murder Graham Mansfield from Greater Manchester guilty of manslaughter over death of Dyanne Mansfield, 71
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022 Pensioner who cut wife’s throat in suicide pact walks free from court A jury found Graham Mansfield not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.
Liverpool Echo · Jul 21, 2022 Man, 73, who slit wife's throat in failed suicide pact found guilty of manslaughter Graham Mansfield, 73, said he killed cancer-stricken Dyanne Mansfield, 71, in an "act of love"
Daily Record · Jul 21, 2022 Man, 73, guilty of manslaughter after killing his wife in failed suicide pact Graham Mansfield killed his cancer-stricken 71-year-old wife, Dyanne, in their garden on March 23 after drinking two glasses of whisky for 'Dutch courage'.
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022 Pensioner who killed wife in ‘suicide pact’ walks free as judge says he ‘acted out of love’ Graham Mansfield, 73, claims he killed cancer-stricken Dyanne Mansfield, 71, in an ‘act of love’
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022 Pensioner who cut wife’s throat in suicide pact is cleared of her murder A jury of 10 men and two women took 90 minutes to find Graham Mansfield not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.
Manchester Evening News · Jul 21, 2022 Pensioner guilty of manslaughter after slitting his wife's throat then trying to kill himself in failed suicide pact Graham Mansfield, 73, killed his 71-year-old wife Dyanne in their garden