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Man who admitted attempting to kill his ill wife in apparent suicide pact sentenced

123rf The defendant couldn’t bear to see his wife suffer after a severe stroke left her unable to move without help and made communication very difficult (file photo). A man in his 80s who took his wife from a care home and tried to enact what he says was a failed suicide pact has been sentenced to home detention. After decades of marriage, Roy Ernest Morton, 82, became increasingly concerned about how his wife was being looked after in a Waikato care home in the months following a severe stroke. His desperation came to a head on October 12, 2020, when he took her out under the pretext of a walk, and made an attempt on both of their lives.

Elderly man gets home detention over failed suicide pact with wife

An 82-year-old Matamata man has been given home detention over the attempted murder of his wife in a suicide pact. The judge agreed that Roy Morton has a deep emotional bond with his wife who suffered a severe stroke. Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae Morton was distressed by his wife s condition after she suffered a debilitating stroke and did not believe she was being well looked after. He said they agreed to a suicide pact as she wanted to end her life. Morton tried twice to carry out the pact using piping from his car s exhaust but failed. The first time was in his car in his garage; the second time it was at a road layby but he was spotted by a passing motorist, who called police. Morton drove off and ended up near Karapiro where he was intercepted by officers.

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