Dementia – A woman killed by her husband was believed never to have experienced domestic abuse before, a report found. Hilda Hubbard was repeatedly stabbed by her husband Michael, who had dementia, at their Norfolk bungalow in September 2018.
The pair had been happy, riding in a scooter and sidecar they had called “Wallace and Gromit”, the report said.
The Domestic Homicide Review said there were “many examples of good practice” by professionals involved with them.
Mr Hubbard was later detained in a secure mental health unit after he was found to be unfit to stand trial over the death of his wife, who he had been married to for 50 years.
Neighbours rang 999 after they saw Mr Hubbard standing in the doorway of their home in Brooke, near Norwich, with his wife, known as Frances, lying on the ground.
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Police fired a rubber bullet at the pensioner, who was 81 at the time, before taking him to hospital and later charging him with murder.
The review into her death, which does not use the couple’s real names, was carried out to examine what could be learned from the case.
It looked at the roles of organizations involved with the couple from July 2014, when Mr Hubbard first raised concerns about his memory loss.
Source – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-55243890
