Abused wife walks free

A wife who bludgeoned her husband to death with a hammer after years of controlling behaviour at his hands will walk free after prosecutors announced she would not face a second murder trial. Georgina ‘Sally’ Challen, 65, killed 61-year-old Richard Challen at their £1 million Surrey home in August 2010. She was found guilty of murder and jailed for life at Guildford Crown Court the following year. But her conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal and a retrial…