Grandad who strangled wife before going to Costa jailed for six years

A grandad who killed his wife then went to Costa Coffee for a cup of tea has been jailed for six years after being found guilty of manslaughter.

Stuart Robertson strangled his partner Dawn, 62, before placing a crucifix in her hands and boarding a bus to St Helens town centre and handing himself into the police. But first he paused 'for a cup of tea' at the coffee chain a jury heard during his trial at Liverpool Crown Court.

He told the jury he attacked and strangled Dawn as he felt a 'burning anger and rage' after she told him his son was not his.

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A post-mortem investigation subsequently concluded the cause of death as a compression of the neck and strangulation.

The 69-year-old, who is a retired warehouse manager, was unanimously cleared of murder yesterday afternoon but appeared again in the same court this morning to receive his sentence for the charge of manslaughter. Robertson, who must serve two thirds before becoming eligible for release on licence, nodded when he learnt of his prison term before mouthing the words 'thank you' before he was led down to the cells.

Sentencing, the Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary KC said: "You killed her by strangling her during a violent assault in the early afternoon of the 15th of November 2023. Having fatally injured her, you laid out her body and then you went to the local police station and confessed to what you had done,"

"Of course, there is a background and a context to these tragic events and the jury heard in some detail about the nature of your relationship with your wife, how the