Brit, 93, who smothered his dementia-苦しむing wife, 92, to death in 'mercy 殺人，大当り' before trying to take his own life believing they had 'lived too long' is 刑務所，拘置所d for nine years in Australia
- Donald and ジーンズ Morley met in the UK 老年の 16 before emigrating to Australia
- ジーンズ was smothered with a pillow by her husband of 69 years in July 2023
- The man is 推定する／予想するd to die within six months?予定 to his 'grievous 明言する／公表する of health'?
An 年輩の British man who smothered his dementia-苦しむing wife to death in a 'mercy 殺人，大当り' before 試みる／企てるing to take his own life after believing they had 'lived too long' has been 刑務所，拘置所d for nine years in Australia.
Donald Morley, 93, 窒息させるd his lifelong partner ジーンズ, 92, with a pillow in their Fisher, Canberra home after they emigrated from the UK to Australia 50 years ago.??
The man, who is 推定する／予想するd to die within just six months 予定 to?the 'grievous 明言する／公表する of health', was 宣告，判決d on Monday with a 非，不，無-仮釈放（する） period of four-and-a-half-years over the death of his wife of 69 years in July 2023.
The 宣告，判決 comes four months after Morley pleaded 有罪の to his wife's 殺人.
His barrister Jon White SC told the 法廷，裁判所 that the 行為／法令／行動する was a 'mercy 殺人，大当り' 予定 to Mrs Morley's より悪くするing dementia and his （弁護士の）依頼人's 拒絶する／低下するing health.
Donald Morley, 93, (pictured with wife ジーンズ, 92) has been 宣告，判決d to nine years in 刑務所，拘置所 for 殺人，大当り his wife in July 2023. He had 試みる／企てるd 自殺 on the same night and in his 公式文書，認める he said he was 'afraid of the 未来'
ジーンズ Morley's, dementia had より悪くするd and could no longer remember how to dress for bed or use 器具s like a television or microwave. Mrs Morley, pictured, didn't like 存在 apart from her husband and would complain if he left her to go to 任命s
But ACT?最高裁判所 裁判官 司法（官） David Mossop 拒絶するd the （人命などを）奪う，主張する as he 手渡すd 負かす／撃墜する the 宣告，判決 on Monday.?
'殺人 remains 殺人, notwithstanding the age or infirmity of the 犠牲者 or the 悪党／犯人,' he said.
'殺人 is the gravest 否定 of individual 自治.'
The 裁判官 recounted how Morley 窒息させるd his wife after they went out with friends during the day in July 2023.
They did not enjoy themselves, which Morley took as a 調印する they had 'reached the end', 報告（する）／憶測d?The Daily Telegraph.
The couple met in the UK at the age of 16, married seven years later and then moved to Australia.
Morley worked at the 王室の Australian 造幣局 while his wife was 雇うd as an 行政の assistant.?
They did not have any children and the 裁判官 said they were known as a loving pair who 'did everything together'.?
'The 違反者／犯罪者 always used to call ジーンズ 'my darling',' 司法（官） Mossop told the cour t.
The pair's health had 速く 拒絶する／低下するd in 最近の years, with the 裁判官 公式文書，認めるing Morley's own 問題／発行するs? which 含むd 肌 癌 that 侵入するd his skull.
Morley was hesitant to get hospital 治療 because he was worried about leaving ジーンズ alone.?
His wife's dementia had より悪くするd to the point she could no longer remember how to get dressed or how to use everyday 器具s like a television or microwave.
Mrs Morley would also complain if she was left alone by her husband, the 法廷，裁判所 heard.
While the Morleys had spoken about voluntary 安楽死, they had never made a 自殺 協定／条約, the 法廷，裁判所 heard.?
司法（官） Mossop 強調する／ストレスd that ジーンズ had not asked to be killed when her husband decided their only 選択 was death.?
ジーンズ Morley, 92, was 窒息させるd with a pillow by her husband in July 2023
?On July 29, 2023, Morley waited until his wife went to bed and at about 9pm he smothered her with a pillow for about two minutes.
The 法廷，裁判所 heard that Mrs Morley 'struggled a bi t', with her 権利 arm moving up and 負かす／撃墜する.?
Her husband then laid awake beside her and unsuccessfully 試みる／企てるd to kill himself.?
A nurse visited the couple's home the next morning after Morley failed to 答える／応じる to her messages.?
When she arrived, a distraught Morley told her that he had done 'a terrible thing'.?
A 自殺 公式文書，認める was later 設立する by the police in which Morley apologised and said he had been 'afraid of the 未来'.?
'Please don't call this 殺人-自殺,' the 公式文書，認める read.
'After 69 years married we were both afraid of the 未来, sorry to upset all the family 加える friends.
'This wasn't 平易な for me, or my darling.'
Pictured: The couple's home in the Canberra 郊外 of Fisher where a nurse 設立する ジーンズ Morley's 団体／死体 the day after she was 殺人d. The couple met when they were 16, married seven years later and moved to Australia when they were 40. They did not have any children
司法（官） Mossop told the 法廷，裁判所 it was unfortunate the married couple did not have any younger people in their lives, such as children, to help them with their challenges.
Although the 裁判官 設立する the 殺人 was not 動機づけるd by malice, he said it had been 'a 甚だしい／１２ダース 違反 of 信用'.
Morley has been in 保護／拘留 since his 逮捕（する） and watched the 宣告，判決ing 経由で a ビデオ link from a Canberra hospice, where he's receiving palliative care.?
He's 推定する／予想するd to die within six months 予定 to the 'grievous 明言する／公表する of health'.
'It may be that he 簡単に remains in a hospital or hospice until he dies,' 司法（官） Mossop said.??
隣人 Judy Jones knew the Morleys for 40 years.
'They were 充てるd to each other. I mean they had their snappy moments, but they were 充てるd to each other,' she told A 現在の 事件／事情／状勢.?
'I think it's only a mercy 殺人，大当り as far as I'm 関心d.
'He's done it out of compassion. Not hate. He loved her very much.'
