In the early hours of the morning on July 14th 2020 in Neston, Cheshire in England, 59-year-old Corinna retrieved some boiling hot water from her garden and mixed it with 3kg of sugar. She then went to where her husband 81-year-old Michael Baines was sleeping and poured the water over his body. Michael had 36% burns to his body. Corinna then left the house. She then went to a neighbours house who then phoned the police after she said ‘’I’ve hurt him really bad, I think I’ve killed him’.

The police then found Michael on the bed with skin peeling on his hand and arm, whimpering. He was brought to hospital but died on August 18th.

Corinna revealed that her daughter had told her that Michael had sexually abused her and her brother Craig when they were children. Craig sadly took his own life in 2007.

Corinna will serve a life sentence of which a minimum of 12 years must be served before being considered for parole.

Further Reading: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-killed-sleeping-husband-boiling-24503800