A Nova Scotia man who killed his ailing, 72-year-old wife after they were evicted from their home has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Douglas Andrew Smith pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter in the death of his wife, Iris Dodd, in 2022.
Court heard he drove to the RCMP detachment in New Minas, N.S., and called 911 from his van in the parking lot to say his wife was dead.
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He told the operator he was responsible, and officers came out of the building to arrest him.
The Mounties later found Dodd in a recliner…
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