DW Top • April 10, 2026 16:38

Scotland: Abusive man gets 8 years prison for wife's suicide

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Lee Milne engaged in physical and psychological abuse of his wife, Kimberly, with the victim then taking her own life. The landmark case saw him convicted of culpable homicide.

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Fri 10:47 - BBC Headlines

Man jailed for killing abused wife who jumped from bridge

Fri 15:00 - Sky News (UK)

Domestic abuser jailed in landmark case after wife jumped to her death from bridge

Fri 16:38 - DW All

Scotland: Abusive man gets 8 years prison for wife's suicide

Fri 16:38 - DW Top

Scotland: Abusive man gets 8 years prison for wife's suicide

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Man jailed for killing abused wife who jumped from bridge

The case was the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland, in that Lee Milne was responsible for killing Kimberly Milne even though she jumped to her death.

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Scotland: Abusive man gets 8 years prison for wife's suicide

Lee Milne engaged in physical and psychological abuse of his wife, Kimberly, with the victim then taking her own life. The landmark case saw him convicted of culpable homicide.

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Domestic abuser jailed in landmark case after wife jumped to her death from bridge

A violent domestic abuser who was convicted of killing his wife in a landmark case after she jumped to her death from a bridge to escape him has been jailed …