Husband, 92, charged with murder after ‘suffocating wife, 87, with a pillow before taking overdose’

A HUSBAND, 92, accused of suffocating his wife with a pillow before taking an overdose has appeared in court from his hospital bed. Laurence Billam is charged with murdering his wife Shirley, 87, at their sheltered accommodation flat in Exeter, Devon. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard the pensioner allegedly used a pillow to suffocate Shirley before...