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| Husband let wife starve to death | Husband let wife starve to death |
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| A 71-year-old man has been jailed after letting his mentally ill wife starve to death while he went to the pub and visited the bookmakers. | A 71-year-old man has been jailed after letting his mentally ill wife starve to death while he went to the pub and visited the bookmakers. |
| William Pottinger, known as Bill, of Weirside Court, Newtown, in Berkshire pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a hearing last month. | William Pottinger, known as Bill, of Weirside Court, Newtown, in Berkshire pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a hearing last month. |
| His wife Gillian, 61, died on a flea-ridden couch in June 2006 weighing just four-and-a-half stone (28.5kg). | |
| Pottinger was jailed at Reading Crown Court for 18 months. | Pottinger was jailed at Reading Crown Court for 18 months. |