A pensioner has broke down in tears in court as he was spared jailed after admitting he stabbed his sick wife to death after she begged him to 'bring her suffering to an end'. Anthony Mann, 78, sat quietly sobbing in the dock as he listened to the details of the mercy killing of his wife Janet at their home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He was given a two year suspended sentence after he appeared at Leamington Justice Centre today. Anthony Mann was spared jail for killing his wife Janet after she asked him to end his life As his trial opened, the prosecution outlined how Mann plunged a kitchen knife into his wife's chest in a moment of impulse.Anthony Mann admitted killing his wife Janet who suffered from dementiaCourt heard how she begged for him to bring her suffering to an endHe stabbed her in the chest after she became distressed at their homeAfter stabbing her, Mann, 78, kissed his wife and told her: 'I love you'Mann pleaded guilty to amended charge of manslaughter with diminished responsibility
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