

She went to a nearby house and banged on the front door until the occupant answered.

On the day of the incident, Smith, who was also her husband's carer, returned home and filled a bucket from her garden with boiling water and mixed it with nearly 7lbs of sugar.Īs Mr Baines lay asleep in bed, she poured the contents over his arms and torso and then left the property. He had told his mother the man he attacked was a 'paedophile' who abused him 'sexually'. Her son Craig reportedly took his own life in 2007 after being troubled before his death and going to prison for an assault. The court heard on Friday that Smith had been told by her daughter about 'devastating' allegations that her husband had sexually abused her son and daughter 'for many years', according to the Liverpool Echo. Corinna Smith (pictured), 59, has been jailed for life after pouring boiling water and sugar over her husband Michael Baines, 80, at their home in Wirral, Cheshire, on July 14 last year
