Daryl Berman, 72, is sentenced to prison after being found guilty of murdering her husband, David Berman, 84, at their home in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. According to reports, David Berman is found with a fatal wound to his chest. Berman’s defence argues the death was accidental, saying her husband “tripped and fell” while moving in the kitchen and landed on a small knife. She claims the knife—described as a “little” or paring knife—was involved only because of the alleged stumble and fall, not because of an intentional attack.
Prosecutors and the court reject the account. Multiple outlets report that Berman is convicted of murder and then sentenced to a term of imprisonment described as life in one report, while another reports a specific custodial sentence length. The reports agree on the identity of the couple, the location of the incident, the nature of the wound, and that the central dispute at trial is whether the death was accidental or caused by deliberate violence.
