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3 days ago · Donald Morley, 94, has died in palliative care, months after being sentenced for the murder of his wife Jean. Morley was serving a nine-year jail sentence after suffocating his wife in their home ...
Apr 17, 2024 · A 93-year-old man awaiting sentencing for the murder of his elderly wife has months to live, a Canberra court has heard. Donald Morley is believed to be the oldest person charged with murder in the ACT.
3 days ago · Donald Morley has died months after he was sentenced for murdering of his wife of 69 years in Canberra in August 2023.
Apr 29, 2024 · Donald Morley, who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, is sentenced to nine years in jail after suffocating his 92-year-old wife, Jean Morley, in their Fisher home last year.
Donald Morley was born on 9 June 1923 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Railway Children (1957), Westway (1976) and The Crime of the Century (1956).
Aug 2, 2023 · Donald Morley, 92, has been charged with murder after his wife Jean, also 92 was found dead inside their home in the Canberra suburb of Fisher.
A Supreme Court judge has rejected claims a man in his 90s committed a "mercy killing" of his elderly wife, instead labelling the murder a family violence offence and sentencing him to nine years in jail.
Apr 29, 2024 · Canberra's oldest killer will die in custody after he was sentenced to nine years in jail for the murder of his wife by the ACT Supreme Court on Monday. Donald Morley, 93, pleaded guilty after suffocating Jean Morley, 92, in her bed in July last year.
Donald Morley was born on June 9, 1923 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Railway Children (1957), Westway (1976) and The Crime of the Century (1956). He was married to Marianne Morley and Enid Irvin. He died on May 27, 1999 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
Apr 29, 2024 · A 93-year-old pensioner has this week been told he'll die behind bars after being found guilty of the murder of his own wife. Donald Morley - whose 92-year-old wife Jean had been suffering with dementia prior to her death - still maintains that the act was a 'mercy killing'.
