Grandfather who confessed to smothering ‘nasty, abusive’ wife acquitted of murder, gets waves from jurors as he leaves courtroom
Violent Crime
A man who admitted to killing his wife in a drunken rage was convicted of manslaughter but acquitted of a more serious murder charge, the DailyMail reports. The defendant, 62-year-old David Sadler, confessed to strangling and smothering his 58-year-old wife, Jill, with a pillow in February at their home just outside of Liverpool, England. Jurors …