Man, 73, who cut wife’s throat in suicide pact cleared of murder

Graham Mansfield from Greater Manchester guilty of manslaughter over death of Dyanne Mansfield, 71

A man who slit his wife's throat in an act of love" and tried to kill himself has been found not guilty of murder after a judge accepted the couple had made a suicide pact.

Graham Mansfield, 73, from Hale in Greater Manchester, was given a suspended sentence of two years after being found guilty of manslaughter at Manchester crown court.