Cake poison woman spared prison. Do you agree with the decision of the judge?

Question

A former hospital cook who baked a fruitcake laced with rat poison for her husband has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7423528.stm

Answer 1

There must have been extenuating circumstances.

Obviously, the venerable judge knows more than us armchair detectives here.

Answer 2

thats a joke women in abusive relationships should leave not try kill there partner........thats worth at least a 5 year sentence for that!

Answer 3

no i don't if it had killed him she would have been a murderer she could have got help from him if it was that bad police or the wealth fare would have helped her

Answer 4

That's attempted murder - plain and simple - if her husband had tried to kill her - what would he have got?  She should be jailed for at least ten years.  

The Crown should appeal against the sentence.

Answer 5

It says it was an abusive relationship, maybe she thought that was the only way to get out of it.

Answer 6

sometimes the law, no make that, a lot of the time the law is an a rse, she should have gone to jail.

Answer 7

she should be put into prision...she tried to kill him... what if she got annoyed at the kids or some kids made her school life really hard and she did it to the kiddies????

what if this happens again and she gets away with it for real?

I Disagree with the judges sentance

Answer 8

I'd love to know the details of the so-called 'abuse'.  Surely he didn't chain her to the bedpost.  She could have walked out.  But she probably figured she would kill him and collect the insurance money.  Unfortunately too many judges are lenient with women who cry 'abuse' without' looking into what the accused calls abuse. The courts therefore are aiding and abetting domestic violence against men.  Really a 56 year old woman playing the 'damsel in distress'! It's really unbecoming.  Yet the courts fall for it.  What kind of incompetents are running the courts anyway.  Or has it become OK to kill men?

Answer 9

Although I certainly dont agree domestic violence is ok she was free to leave - he did not have free choice about consuming rat poison although I can understand why she wanted to kill him

Answer 10

It's no excuse but she was in an abusive relationship

We have no idea how bad it was but clearly she was pushed to the edge

Answer 11

she deserves some years in prison, but you have to remember that she plead guilty and didn't have to go to trial so they probably charged her with a less crime

Answer 12

jeez... hospital food really can kill you.

Answer 13

"You've been a mother to several children. You've worked hard in several places of employment. You are not a criminal in any shape or form."

The English court system is a joke. If that was here in Texas, she'd be expedited to death row! Attempted murder!

Answer 14

God I hate how people use the 'poor bugger me' card to get out of facing justice.

Abusive relationship?

So the only way to end an abusive relationship is to kill the person? Dont be stupid.

She would currently be languishing in a maximum security prison if I had my way along with Kate McCann.

(and dont worry Im not being mysoginistic, Gerry McCann would be in a male equivalent)

Answer 15

I am amazed, she tried to kill someone and an army of Yahoo answerers try to defend this

I only hope your son or daughter does not get poisoned by a false or genuine "abused" partner.

Answer 16

Yes she was in an abusive relationship, SHE was the abuser trying to kill her husband.She is lucky our prisons are full of foreign criminals and there is no room for her ,otherwise she would have received 10 years and deserved it.

Answer 17

She really shouldn't have done this, attempting to poison her husband, but it seems that he had been abusive towards her and then rejected her to go and start a relationship with another woman, what sort of support would any of us have given this lady in these circumstances, quite honestly, or have expected society in general to have given her, before it all seems to have got really out of hand?

Answer 18

No I think its premeditated battery and as far as Im concerned should have been a min of 7 years. Its disgusting that we propogate such double standards.

Answer 19

mike ingham is right on both counts, the police will verify the jails being full with foreign criminals and the "racist" chant is  from someone wanting to deny this. Anybody who tries to poison someone is an abuser of the worst kind