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Husband jailed for pouring pot of boiling water over head of sleeping wife
Mon, 16 Feb, 2026
Jackie Twomey (59) had gone up to bed after a night out, only to be woken from her sleep when her husband Noel emptied a pot of boiling water on top of her
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