Husband and son who left emaciated wife to 'die in her own filth' during ... trends now

A man found guilty of the manslaughter of his emaciated wife after she was left to 'die in her own filth' during lockdown weighing only four stone was today jailed for three years.

Frail Dorothy Morgan, 71, weighed just four-and-a-half stone when she was finally admitted to hospital in January 2021.

She was severely malnourished and clinically dehydrated after having been denied water for a week, and tragically died ten days later.

Husband Christopher Morgan, 61, and 53-year-old David Holyoak, her son by a previous relationship, were both convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence after a trial which heard both 'stood by' and 'watched' as she 'deteriorated in her own filth'.

Jailing Morgan – who admitted his wife had been left looking 'like something from a death camp' - for his 'gross and serious' neglect, a judge said it was clear the security worker 'could have done so much more'.

She said Holyoak – who was given a sentence of two years and eight months in prison – hadn't wanted her to die but had 'ignored the warning signs'.

Afterwards the senior detective who investigated the 'harrowing' final days of the retired factory worker branded her betrayal by those closest to her as 'shocking, reprehensible and disgusting'.

'The elderly in our community, especially those who are close family members, deserve respect, trust and to be cared for in those final days,' said Detective Superintendent Matt Scott, of Cumbria Police.

'Not to be left, essentially, to die in their own filth as a result of poor care, at best.'

A domestic homicide review is now underway to find out whether social services or the NHS could have done more to help Mrs Morgan.

Paramedics were called to her home in Whitehaven during the third English Covid lockdown in January 2021 and found her emaciated, with

read more from dailymail.....