Authorities said that Corinna Smith, 59, was very angry and upset at a rumor going around about her husband, Michael Baines, who Reports says that her daughter daughter told her that Baines mistreated intimately mistreated children including her brother. While her husband was sleeping in bed, she purposely poured the water and sugar on his arms and stomach area. After doing this, she then went to a neighbors home and told them “I’ve hurt him really bad, think I’ve killed him.” The occupant called the authorities. When the authorities arrived, the found Baines in his bed whimpering in pain. Her husband had acquired burns to 36 percent of his body. He was taken to the hospital but died about a month later. Smith was found guilty of taking his life and was sentenced to a minimum of 12 years

in prison. In a statement a detective said: “Smith killed her husband Michael in such a painful and cruel way. To throw boiling water over someone when they are asleep is absolutely horrific. To also mix three bags of sugar with the water showed the determination she had to cause serious harm. “The sugar placed into the water makes it vicious. It becomes thicker and stickier and sinks into the skin better. It left Michael in agony and rather than call the emergency services she wasted time by going to a house nine doors away to tell a neighbour, who she wasn’t close to, what she had done. “Michael was an elderly man who fought for his life after the attack but sadly in the end he passed away. My thoughts continue to be with his family at this incredibly difficult time.”