Elderly man pleads guilty to attempted murder of wife after a failed act of compassion
13 May, 2021 11:50 PM
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Roy Morton, 82, pleaded guilty in the High Court at Hamilton.. Photo / RNZ
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An elderly man has been sentenced four-and-a-half months home detention for the attempted murder of his wife in a suicide pact.
Matamata man Roy Morton, 82, pleaded guilty in the High Court at Hamilton.
He attempted to kill his wife and himself on two occasions after she suffered a debilitating stroke in October last year.
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He described Morton s actions as planned and pre-meditated and that Morton was vulnerable to exploitation.
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