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| A woman who tried to kill her husband by putting anti-freeze into his curry and wine is due to be sentenced. | A woman who tried to kill her husband by putting anti-freeze into his curry and wine is due to be sentenced. |
| Kate Knight, 28, was found guilty of the attempted murder of Lee Knight at their home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in 2005. | |
| She plotted to poison her husband in order to collect a £130,000 payout from his employer JCB to clear her debts, Stafford Crown Court heard. | She plotted to poison her husband in order to collect a £130,000 payout from his employer JCB to clear her debts, Stafford Crown Court heard. |
| Mr Knight, who is 38, suffered kidney failure and brain damage. | Mr Knight, who is 38, suffered kidney failure and brain damage. |
| He is now blind, partially deaf and needs 24-hour care. | He is now blind, partially deaf and needs 24-hour care. |
| Knight was remanded in custody by Judge Simon Tonking after the guilty verdict last month and is due to be sentenced at Stafford Crown Court. | |
| The former accountancy student has been warned that she faced a "very considerable" jail term. | |
| On the night of the couple's seventh wedding anniversary on 4 April 2005, Knight cooked her husband a curry and served him red wine - both of which had been laced with ethylene glycol, the chemical constituent of anti-freeze. | |
| I don't think I'll ever be able to work again Lee Knight, victim | I don't think I'll ever be able to work again Lee Knight, victim |
| When Mrs Knight was arrested in May 2005, police discovered a one-litre bottle of anti-freeze containing 840ml of the liquid at the couple's home. | |
| During the three-week trial, the jury heard how Knight, originally from the Wirral, had used internet searches to find a method of killing, settling on anti-freeze after ruling out ecstasy or an iron overdose. | During the three-week trial, the jury heard how Knight, originally from the Wirral, had used internet searches to find a method of killing, settling on anti-freeze after ruling out ecstasy or an iron overdose. |
| Her neighbour Sarah Johnson, 28, told the court how Knight had mentioned paying £50,000 to hire a hitman. | Her neighbour Sarah Johnson, 28, told the court how Knight had mentioned paying £50,000 to hire a hitman. |
| Mr Knight, who lives with his parents and the couple's nine-year-old son Jack, said his ex-wife had ruined his life. | Mr Knight, who lives with his parents and the couple's nine-year-old son Jack, said his ex-wife had ruined his life. |
| "It has been very stressful. I realised that my wife had left me. | |
| "I lost my job, my house, everything I worked for and, worst of all, my son," he said in a statement. | |
| "I have hardly any independence anymore - I need to have somebody with me all the time. I don't think I'll ever be able to work again." | |
| He wears two hearing aids after regaining some level of hearing following an operation and during the trial gave evidence supported by two hearing specialists. | He wears two hearing aids after regaining some level of hearing following an operation and during the trial gave evidence supported by two hearing specialists. |