Man jailed in Germany for squashing wife to death

BERLIN (Reuters) - A man in Germany was jailed for five years on Wednesday after he sat on his wife during a domestic dispute and squashed her so badly that she later died.

The woman, who was half her husband's weight, died from her injuries less than a month later.

He told the court he had accidentally fallen on his wife after trying to drag her into another room during the fight. Forensic evidence showed this was untrue.