Thug jailed for manslaughter at St Albans Crown Court

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 https://www.cps.gov.uk/thames-and-chiltern/news/man-jailed-manslaughter, crime.

A man was jailed for five years for the manslaughter of his long-term partner at their home in Radlett, Hertfordshire, last July.

Raymond  Page, 64 , was sentenced after pleading guilty to the manslaughter, by  diminished responsibility, of Natividad Nituan, better known as Nattie,  aged 70, at an earlier hearing at the same court on 1 December 2017.

He was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court on Thursday, 19 April.

On the morning of 25 last year, Page repeatedly stabbed Nattie in their bedroom at their home in Orchard Close, Radlett.

Page,  who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer, then called 999 and  told police he had killed her. Police attended and Nattie was declared  dead at the scene with knife wounds to her throat, abdomen and hands.

Lisa  Kiff, of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said: “It is believed that  Page brutally took Nattie’s life that morning because of his terminal  illness, which was causing tensions in their relationship.

“Manslaughter  by diminished responsibility is a partial defence to murder, which is  only established if there is medical evidence that a defendant was  suffering from an abnormality of mind that substantially impaired their  responsibility for their actions.

“When Page indicated a guilty  plea to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, we  carefully and thoroughly reviewed all the evidence in this case and  instructed a psychiatrist to fully assess him.

"Only when he too  reached the conclusion that Page was suffering from a mental health  condition, that would have substantially reduced his responsibility, did  the CPS take the view that it was appropriate to accept the plea and  fully discussed the decision with Nattie’s family before accepting it.

“This  case represents a tragedy for Nattie’s family and friends, who have  been devastated by her death. We know that nothing will bring Nattie  back to her family and friends, but we hope that the conviction and  today’s sentence bring them at least a small sense that justice has been  done. Our thoughts are very much with them all at this time.”