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Corinna Smith poured boiling water mixed with sugar on her husband whilst he slept, killing him. Corinna said that she found out he had been sexually abusing their children The incident took place at their home in Highfield Road in Neston, Cheshire, on 14 July 20201. Michael Baines, 81, suffered extensive burns and died five weeks later in hospital. Corinna Smith, 59, was found guilty after a trial at Chester Crown Court and jailed for life with a minimum of 12 years. On the day of the incident, Corinna Smith returned home and filled a bucket from her garden with boiling water and mixed it with 3kg of sugar. As her husband of 38 years lay asleep in bed she poured the contents over his arms and torso and then left the property. A neighbour contacted police and the ambulance service after she told him: "I’ve hurt him really bad, I think I’ve killed him." Corinna Smith’s son reportedly died by suicide in 2007. Many online crime hobbyists are empathetic to her desire to avenge her daughter and late son. Several Reddit users have called for her to be freed from prison as they believe her violence was justified