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Wife-killer Geoffrey Adams dies a day after court reveals brain cancer diagnosis
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A South Australian man who was waiting to be sentenced for killing his wife more than 45 years ago has died, correctional authorities have confirmed.
Key points:
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter but was acquitted of murder
Yesterday it was revealed he had brain cancer and was expected to die before sentencing
Geoffrey Adams killed his 24-year-old wife Colleen Adams at the their home at Maitland, on Yorke Peninsula, in 1973.
The 72-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied he murdered his wife.
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Geoffrey Adams expected to die before sentencing for killing his wife Colleen in 1973
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South Australia s oldest-ever solved cold case disappearance will end without wife-killer Geoffrey Gordon Adams being sentenced for manslaughter.
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In August, he was found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder
He is expected to die of brain cancer before he can be sentenced
Supreme Court Justice David Peek allowed the media to report that the 72-year-old was dying of cancer.
Adams pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied he murdered his 24-year-old wife Colleen Adams inside their matrimonial home at Maitland, on the Yorke Peninsula, in November 1973.
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