Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA mum poured boiling water mixed with sugar over her sleeping husband after being told he had allegedly sexually abused her children. Mr Baines suffered significant burns to 36 percent of his body and underwent surgery and skin grafts but died weeks later at Whiston Hospital in August last year. An ambulance was called and police also arrived at the scene, finding Mr Baines in excruciating pain with his skin peeling off. Smith admitted to police in an interview she poured the water over her husband but that the "whole thing is a bit of a blur". Detective Chief Inspector Paul Hughes, from Cheshire Constabulary’s Major Crime Directorate, said: “Smith killed her husband Michael in such a painful and cruel way."

Source: Daily Mirror July 10, 2021 08:07 UTC