Former Smithfield butcher would have killed his infirm wife if he wanted to

A 90-year-old man was driven to stab his blind wife after the stress of being her carer made him ‘irrational and bewildered’, a court heard. Edward Turpin, a former Smithfield butcher, is accused of trying to murder frail Joan Turpin, also 90, at their home in Ringshall Road, Orpington, Kent, last 22 September after decades of ‘happy marriage.’ The couple wedded over 60 years ago and are still together. Jurors heard that as Mrs Turpin’s health declined, she lost her…