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LONDON, October 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A man who was found guilty of murdering his unwilling elderly wife by smothering her with two plastic bags has escaped a jail sentence in a ruling by London's Central Criminal Court.
Eric Norton, 86, was apparently in high spirits at the end of last week's trial, and blew a kiss to supporters in the public gallery on his way out of the courtroom, according to Independent Television News.
Last November, Norton smothered his 84-year-old wife Betty, an Alzheimer's sufferer who was in the hospital for stomach pains. Other hospital patients said they could hear Betty whimpering "no, no" as she struggled to stop her husband from killing her.