Ayrshire Post

Shock as killer wife is freed by judge

- Wilma Riley

An ex- councillor who killed her sick husband of 50 years because she believed he wanted her to help him die walked free from court yesterday ( Tuesday).

Susanne Wilson – who smothered 70- year- old Henry with a cushion at their home in Ayr, September 2016 – was admonished by judge Lady Rae at the High Court in Glasgow. She told Mrs Wilson she was taking the unusual step due to ‘ exceptiona­l circumstan­ces’.

Lady Rae said: “This was a very tragic case. There are exceptiona­l circumstan­ces and punishment would not be in the interests of justice.

“The main reason was your mental health at the time of the death of your husband. There is no reason to suggest that you are any risk whatsoever to the public.

“You are admonished and dismissed. I hope you get on with the rest of your life.”

Mrs Wilson, 72, a retired nurse, had been the carer for her housebound husband who suffered from chronic heart disease. She struggled to come to terms with sex claims against him.

Mrs Wilson had admitted culpable homicide at their house in Woodfield Road. She had been a Labour councillor in Troon in the 1990s.

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