A jury has opted for the lesser of two possible verdicts suggested by a judge, finding Montrealer Michel Cadotte guilty of manslaughter for the 2017 death of his ailing wife. Cadotte, 57, admitted to suffocating Lizotte, who was in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. "I want to thank the jury and the court for listening," Cadotte said in a hallway at the Montreal courtroom Saturday afternoon. Testifying in his own defence, Cadotte said he killed Lizotte because he couldn't stand seeing his wife continue to suffer. Cadotte's lawyers argued their client's judgment on the day of his wife's death was clouded by a major depression and years of suffering.

Source: CBC News February 23, 2019 16:18 UTC