In an attempt to stop him from consuming one of the alcoholic jellies, his wife crushed a jelly shot in his hand and one of his daughters tried to prevent him accessing more."He raised an arm, he sort of raised it like he was going to hit but he didn't do anything, just put it back down."Mr Rowen and his wife said goodbye to their family and were dropped home by their grandson at about 8:00pm.
Bystanders and neighbours who came to help called emergency services to the Creswick house on Christmas Day in 2019.After the sole police officer working in the town that night, Senior Constable Jason Allison, had arrived and arrested Mr Rowen, he asked Mr Tait and another young man to ensure the elderly man stayed put while he went inside to check on Mrs Rowen.
"He rambled on a bit more about how when he was drinking a bit earlier he got cut off and he was furious at the ladies there, and how when he got home he was still mad and wanted to drink," Mr Tait told the court. The court heard Mr Rowen made admissions about his involvement in attacking his wife to police at the scene, but after he was taken into custody a medical officer deemed him unfit to be interviewed.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
It appears a person killed their wife due to being denied access to alcohol. Not sure how much damage and harm jelly causes in our society but it seems alcohol isn't an issue to be acknowledged or addressed.
what is with this tabloid coverage of a woman's brutal murder by her husband?
A country full of alcoholics