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| Lynda Holmes, 70 |
A grandmother brutally attacked
her husband of 50 years with a meat hammer after catching him watching porn and
exclaiming: 'He hasn't touched me in ten years – how dare he!'
Lynda Holmes, 70, repeatedly hit
her husband, Gordon over the head at their home in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire,
after believing he was trying to destroy the adult material she had caught him
watching. The 78-year-old was left with severe head injuries following the
attack and ran out into the street bleeding while telling neighbours his wife
had 'gone mad', Burnley Crown Court heard.
When Holmes was arrested and
questioned by police over the incident she said she had seen 'red mist' and
later told officers that it 'should be murder' because 'how dare he?' watch
porn.
She said: 'I caught him with
porn. He tried to get rid of it. I've seen red and attacked him. I wanted to
kill him. It should be murder. I want 10 years of my life back. I saw red mist.
He hasn't touched me for over 10 years and now he's watching porn. How dare he?
How do I got about getting 10 years of my life back?'
Mr Holmes told police that he
felt 'partly responsible' for the attack 'because of his selfishness' by
playing in a band, playing golf and 'spending considerable time away from home
and not supporting his wife'.