![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/husband-smothered-wife-to-death-with-cling-film-as-she-battled-parkinsons-disease/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_BOX_CAMB_Melvin_004JPG.jpg&description=Martin Rudin admitted killing wife Gabriella Rudin, 75, in an 'act of mercy' at their home Histon, Cambridgeshire. The court heard he wanted to end her suffering A retired civil engineer, who smothered his 'beloved' wife to death with cling film in what he said was a desperate bid to end her suffering from Parkinson's disease, was spared jail today. Martin Rudin admitted killing wife Gabriella Rudin, 75, in an 'act of mercy' at their home Histon, Cambridgeshire on New Year's Eve 2022. Mrs Rudin, a retried teacher, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019 and had told her family she wanted to die, the Old Bailey heard. Six days after the 82 year old killed his wife Rudin attended a police station and said: "I've come here to tell you that I killed my wife." He had told care workers who attended on New Year's Eve that she died in the night. Mrs Rudin had asked her son to research euthanasia clinics in Belgium and said: "I want to go to Belgium, I cannot do this anymore." Rudin denied murder and admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility as the evidence suggested he was suffering from a depressive episode when he killed his wife. He was given a two year prison sentence suspended for two years. Judge Mark Bishop told Rudin: "This is a tragic case which has profoundly affected the families of the defendant and his wife who were a happily married couple for the 11 years of their marriage living an interesting and contented life together. "The defendant was not coping with the strain of being the principal carer for his wife. I accept that the defendant is remorseful and at the time he did believe that he was doing an act of mercy, although his thinking was distorted by his mental disorder. "It is clear Mrs Rudin had been speaking of wanting to die and I accept he was overwhelmed by her expressions of wanting to die given her depressed state. Whilst it must never be forgotten that all life is precious and frail and vulnerable people particularly nee){kind=link}
Martin Rudin admitted killing wife Gabriella Rudin, 75, in an ‘act of mercy’ at their home Histon, Cambridgeshire. The court heard he wanted to end her suffering
A retired civil engineer, who smothered his ‘beloved’ wife to death with cling film in what he said was a desperate bid to end her suffering from Parkinson’s disease, was spared jail today.
Martin Rudin admitted killing wife Gabriella Rudin, 75, in an ‘act of mercy’ at their home Histon, Cambridgeshire on New Year’s Eve 2022.
Mrs Rudin, a retried teacher, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019 and had told her family she wanted to die, the Old Bailey heard. Six days after the 82 year old killed his wife Rudin attended a police station and said: “I’ve come here to tell you that I killed my wife.”
He had told care workers who attended on New Year’s Eve that she died in the night. Mrs Rudin had asked her son to research euthanasia clinics in Belgium and said: “I want to go to Belgium, I cannot do this anymore.”