'Mercy killing' husband convicted of murder

A devoted husband has been found guilty of murder for killing his wife after she repeatedly begged him to help end her life.

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Nobody during the trial questioned that the pair were anything but a "passionate and devoted couple" or that Lund had acted out of anything but compassion for his wife, who had attempted suicide on five previous occasions and was severely depressed by the affects of irritable bowel syndrome.

Now, however, Lund faces an automatic life sentence after being convicted of murdering her at their home in New Brighton, Merseyside, last September.

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