Accused broom killer denies murder

An elderly woman accused of battering her partly-paralysed husband to death with a broom handle because she ‘couldn’t bear any more’ has denied murder. Packiam Ramanathan, 73, is said to have killed her 76-year-old spouse Kanagusabi Ramanathan at the home they shared in Burges Road, East Ham, east London, on Friday 21 September. Paramedics found the victim, who suffered from blood cancer and used a wheelchair to aid his mobility, lying dead in one of the bedrooms. A post mortem…