A woman is facing life in prison after she inflicted a ‘painful and cruel’ death on her husband by chucking boiling water mixed with 3kg of sugar over him as he slept.
Corinna Baines, 59, was married to her elderly husband for 38 years and was his carer at the time of the brutal attack.
She now faces life in prison after a jury found her guilty of murder at their home in Neston on the Wirral.
It left Michael Baines, 81, in agony after he suffered severe burns to more than a third of his body.
Immediately after the attack, his wife left the house and went to a neighbour, sobbing, and said: ‘I’ve hurt him, I’ve hurt him really bad. I think I’ve killed him.’
Detective chief inspector Paul Hughes said: ‘To throw boiling water over someone when they are asleep is absolutely horrific.
‘To also mix three bags of sugar with the water showed the determination she had to cause serious harm.
‘The sugar placed into the water makes it vicious. It becomes thicker and stickier and sinks into the skin better.
‘It left Michael in agony and rather than call the emergency services she wasted time by going to a house nine doors away to tell a neighbour, who she wasn’t close to, what she had done.
‘Michael was an elderly man who fought for his life after the attack but sadly in the end he passed away.
‘My thoughts continue to be with his family at this incredibly difficult time.’
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