article_snippet: Stafford Crown Court was told the happily married couple, both retired teachers, were completely devoted to one another but were unable to have children.
article_snippet: the happily married couple, both retired teachers were described as a very 'private couple' who lived in Market Drayton, Shropshire, and relied on one another for almost everything.
article_snippet: What undermined the world of this couple was age.'
article_snippet: Michael Duck QC, for the defence, said: 'That which emerges most strikingly is the depth of affection between husband and wife, the way husband and wife had supported each other as individuals for five and a half decades. '
article_snippet: On any view, a happy married life.
article_snippet: The pressures brought to bear on that particular day came together in a tragic few moments.'
article_snippet: Speaking at the time of the death neighbours of this couple in the picturesque market town expressed shock at the news.
article_snippet: Local resident Paul Dawson, 48, said: 'Trixie was very ill.
article_snippet: Another neighbour James Mullineaux, 68, a retired police officer, added: 'Another neighbour James Mullineaux, 68, a retired police officer were a well respected elderly couple just enjoying Another neighbour James Mullineaux, 68, a retired police officer lives together.'