A jury took just 30 minutes to clear a pensioner of murder for beating her husband to death with a pole after decades of abuse.
Packiam Ramanathan, 73, killed partially paralysed Kanagusabi Ramanathan, 76, at their home in East Ham, London, on September 21 last year.
Ramanathan admitted killing her husband with the stick, but claimed she only did so after suffering years of bullying and abuse at his hands.She told the court she only discovered in March last year that her husband had been married before and had fathered three children with another wife. Kanagusabi Ramanathan was killed by his wife at their home in East Ham, London, in September last year
She said the abuse began while living in a refugee camp in Bavaria, Germany, for two years, where her husband had a job as a security guard.
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