A woman who is knowledgeable about horses has been found guilty of causing the death of her husband at their Devon home.
Christine Rawle, 69, killed Ian Rawle, 72, by using a knife to stab him in the back at their property in Braunton on August 21, 2022.
Exeter Crown Court heard Mr Rawle then followed his wife of 29 years for a hundred yards telling her to remove the knife, before collapsing and dying from the wound.
Prosecutors claimed the case was ‘as clear a case of murder as you are likely to find’, and said Rawle attacked her husband in a ‘fit of temper’ during an argument about land at their £800,000 home.
The court heard Rawle and her husband had a dysfunctional marriage and likened them to the Roald Dahl characters The Twits.
Rawle did not give evidence during the trial but her legal team insisted she was acting in self-defence following years of physical and psychological abuse from her husband.
Judge James Adkin will sentence Rawle, who remains in custody, at Exeter Crown Court at 2pm on Friday.
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