Carer, 90, tried to stab seriously ill wife to death, court hears

Edward Turpin denies attempting to murder Joan Turpin because he felt he could not longer cope'

A 90-year-old man tried to murder his seriously ill wife as she slept after he could no longer cope" with caring for her, a court heard.

Edward Turpin is accused of attempting to stab his wife, Joan, to death at their home in Orpington, south-east London, in September last year. Joan, who was blind and needed a catheter, was attacked with a knife before Turpin turned the weapon on himself, the jury at the Old Bailey was told.