Dorset wife, 76, who abused and assaulted her retired Bournemouth law professor husband avoids jail
A wife who attacked her husband with his own walking stick after spending a decade bullying and ‘gaslighting’ him has avoided jail. Valerie Dowding, 76, spent a decade mentally abusing her husband and retired academic, Dennis, a court heard. In one particularly cruel act Mrs Dowding tormented her husband – who claimed he was a … Read more