Man, 90, gets 17 years for beating wife to death

A 90-YEAR-OLD man was jailed for 17 years yesterday for battering his wife of 67 years to death with a hammer in the US.

John Bunz stumbled on his way into court in Buffalo and was helped to his chair by deputies.

He pleaded guilty in July to first-degree manslaughter. Bunz had faced a more serious second-degree murder charge, but prosecutors agreed to the plea because of his age.