Attorney set to inherit £950,000 after killing his wife

According to Lawyer Who Killed His Wife Is Released after Just Two Years - And Inherits £950,000 From Her Estate, thisislondon.co.uk, April 9, 2008:

A wealthy lawyer who killed his wife after she had an affair is set to inherit nearly £1million from her will after being freed from jail.

Christopher Lumsden, 54, was said to have "snapped" after his wife Alison, 53, announced she was leaving him for a family friend.***

The jury heard that the father-of-two was suffering from a "depressive condition" at the time of the attack after being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.

He was released on licence last September after serving around 18 months of his sentence and is now in line to receive £1million from her will, made five years before her death.

By law, a person convicted of manslaughter cannot inherit money from his victim.

But the courts can make an exception if the killer suffered from a mental disorder at the time of the crime.***