‘How to murder your husband’ author on trial for murdering husband

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A romance novelist who once wrote an essay titled How to Murder Your Husband is standing trial for murdering her husband. Nancy Crampton-Brophy allegedly shot dead her husband, Dan, for a $1.4m (£1.1m) life insurance payout. The 71-year-old, who has pleaded not guilty to murder and unlawful use of a firearm, has previously written books with titles such as Hell on the Heart and The Wrong Husband. The judge has ruled that her essay will not be shown to the jury.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.