Obsessed man kills wife who refused to quit smoking

A MAN obsessed with the devil killed his wife and two children because she would not give up smoking, a court heard yesterday.

John Jarvis pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Patricia Jarvis, aged 38, Stuart Jarvis, aged eight, and 11-year-old John Jarvis Jnr on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Sitting at Preston Crown Court, Judge Peter Openshaw QC sentenced Jarvis to life imprisonment in a maximum security hospital.