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| A coroner has recorded a verdict of unlawful killing after an inquest into the deaths of a mentally-ill man and his wife in West Sussex. | |
| Roger Goswell, 66, killed himself in a car crash hours after his wife Susan, 63, was stabbed to death at their home in West Chiltington on 23 December. | Roger Goswell, 66, killed himself in a car crash hours after his wife Susan, 63, was stabbed to death at their home in West Chiltington on 23 December. |
| The inquest at Worthing heard Mr Goswell was released from a psychiatric clinic days before the deaths. | The inquest at Worthing heard Mr Goswell was released from a psychiatric clinic days before the deaths. |
| His wife had recently admitted not being a virgin when they married. | His wife had recently admitted not being a virgin when they married. |
| The inquest heard he had told a nurse he was going to kill himself and his wife. | The inquest heard he had told a nurse he was going to kill himself and his wife. |
| The hearing was told Mrs Goswell had informed her husband, after 46 years of marriage, that she was not a virgin when they wed. | The hearing was told Mrs Goswell had informed her husband, after 46 years of marriage, that she was not a virgin when they wed. |
| It had a profound impact on him, and he said there were "three people" in the marriage and tried to kill himself in November 2007. | It had a profound impact on him, and he said there were "three people" in the marriage and tried to kill himself in November 2007. |
| The couple's daughter, Sarah Bevan, told the inquest she had urged health officials not to discharge her father from hospital in the weeks before her parents' deaths because of concerns about his mental health. | The couple's daughter, Sarah Bevan, told the inquest she had urged health officials not to discharge her father from hospital in the weeks before her parents' deaths because of concerns about his mental health. |
| The coroner recorded a narrative verdict on Mr Goswell that he died "having attempted to take his own life while driving a motor vehicle on 23 December. | |
| "At the time he was suffering from a disturbed mind having been discharged as a voluntary inpatient at the Priory Hospital on 17 December but remaining under their care as an outpatient." |