Penelope Jackson: Woman jailed for life for murdering husband after family meal argument | ITV News

A woman who stabbed her husband three times at their Somerset home has been found guilty of his murder.
David Jackson, 78, died after Penelope Jackson, 66, stabbed him three times after they quarrelled during a luxurious family meal to celebrate her birthday.
Mr Jackson, a retired lieutenant colonel, was first slashed across the chest by his wife in a bedroom of the home they shared in Berrow on the night of 13 February this year.
He was then stabbed twice more in the kitchen while on the phone to the emergency services, Bristol Crown Court heard during a two-and-a-half week trial.
After stabbing her husband, Penelope Jackson wrote a note which said "I accept my punishment, may he rot in hell".
Jackson admitted manslaughter but denied murder - claiming she was the victim of years of violence and controlling behaviour at her husband's hands.
After almost 11 hours of deliberations, the jury returned a guilty verdict on Friday 29 October.
She was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years.
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