Kevin Caster had already taken a fatal overdose before he was attacked, a court hears.
A woman who murdered her husband could serve less than eight years in prison after a court heard he had already taken a fatal overdose before she beat him to death.
Mr Caster, 43, had taken a lethal amount of an epilepsy drug before his wife attacked him in their home on High Hazel Crescent, Catcliffe, on 19 October, the court heard. The couple "loved each other" but had a "volatile" and "toxic" relationship in which each abused the other's prescription drugs, the court heard in statements from their three children and Mr Caster's mother.
CCTV footage showed her punching and stamping on Mr Caster in a "determined and sustained" attack which lasted for 20 minutes, the court heard.
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