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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.
Jul 14, 2024 · 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 in July 2023. What's next? Police will submit a report to the coroner.
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.
Aug 1, 2023 · Donald Morley, 92, was taken into custody on Monday night after the body of his wife Jean Morley was found by a care worker on a routine visit to their home in Fisher.
Apr 29, 2024 · Donald Morley, 93, was sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison, with a non-parole period of four-and-a-half-years over the death of his wife of 69 years Jean,...
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). He was married to Marianne Morley and Enid Irvin. He died on 27 May 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'.
