Army veteran shot landlady dead 'because he didn't kill anyone while serving in Afghanistan'

A former soldier who served in Afghanistan may have shot his landlady to experience what it was like to kill someone, a court was told Tuesday, 19 March 2012.

Aaron Wilkinson, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress after his tour of duty, blasted mother-of-two Judith Garnett, 52, to death at point-blank range.

He had become ‘obsessed’ with his six months in Afghanistan, where he suffered a minor wound but ‘seemed disappointed at not having fired a shot’ there, jurors were told.

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Army veteran and his wife die in "suicide pact" being too poor to live through the winter

Full Story / Photo: Mail Online 9 November 2011

Mark and Helen Mullins could not face another freezing winter on the poverty line, according to neighbours

It may be very tragic to read that a British army veteran Mark, 48, and Helen, 59, who had learning difficulties, 'slipped through the net' and were found dead side-by-side in their home being too poor to live on.

The couple were finding it extremely difficult to live on a paltry  £57.50 a week allowance. They had to walk ten miles each week to go to the a soup kitchen to collect free vegetables.

Police are investigating....

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