It's a crime to annoy someone

[Kahnee]

A former hospital cook today admitted lacing a fruitcake she baked for her husband with rat poison, after discovering he was having an affair.

Yvonne Godwin, 56, of Pilley Crescent, Cheltenham, put two teaspoons of the poison into the cake she made for her partner of 30 years, Robert Godwin.

She pleaded guilty to attempting to administer poison with intent to injure, aggravate or annoy Mr Godwin on a date between February 22 and March 11 this year.

Prosecutor Mary Harley told Gloucester Crown Court that a slice of the cake had been analysed by forensic experts who had found that nine grams of poison were inside.

It would take 1,500 grams to kill a man, which is why the crown prosecution service accepted the plea.

A photograph of the dangerous dessert was now available to the court, Mrs Harley added.

Scientists looking at the cake found blobs of the green poison, which can cause internal bleeding, were clearly visible.

Judge Martin Picton said: "It doesn't look overly appetising, it has to be said, but it's pretty clear."

The judge ordered pre-sentence and psychiatric reports on Godwin and remanded her in custody until May 28 when she will be sentenced.

At an earlier hearing magistrates were told Godwin had used the poison because her husband was having an affair and she wanted to 'do him in'.

It is believed that the mother of five knew about her husband's adultery for three years before taking the drastic action.

She left her job at the Delancey hospital five years ago after contracting cancer.

Relatives refused to comment after the hearing.

 

If annoying was a crime, OM would have been locked up years ago

[Rich Gobey]

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