Wife who killed husband freed

OXFORD - Sara Thornton walked free from court yesterday after a retrial cleared her of murdering her violent husband

OXFORD - Sara Thornton walked free from court yesterday after a retrial cleared her of murdering her violent husband. The judge, Mr Justice Scott Baker, sentenced her to five years' imprisonment on the basis that your responsibility for killing your husband was diminished by your abnormality of mind. Taking into account the time she had already spent in prison before she was released on bail in July last year, he allowed her to walk free immediately.