A mum poured boiling water mixed with sugar over her sleeping husband after being told he had allegedly SA her children. Corinna Smith, 59, filled a garden bucket with water from the kettle & 3 bags of sugar before hurling it over Michael Baines as he slept in their bed, leading to his d3ath. She had become incensed after her daughter said that Mr Baines, 80, had preyed on her & her brother Craig, who took his own life in 2007 for many years when they were children. Smith, previously known as Baines, of Neston, Cheshire, was sentenced to life imprisonment & ordered to serve a minimum of 12 years behind bars before parole can be considered. Prosecutors told Chester Crown Court yesterday the sugar "made the liquid more viscous, thicker & stickier, so that it stays on the skin and causes greater damage". Mr Baines suffered significant burns to 36% of his body & underwent surgery & skin grafts but di3d weeks later at Whiston Hospital in August 2020. Prior to his death, Craig had been to prison for ass*ult & told his mum the man he attack3d was a paedophil3 who had "touched him s3xually". Judge Amanda Yip, QC, said: "You found it difficult to take everything in, but made the connection between what Craig had said the day before he di3d & what your daughter was telling you.” "You were understandably very upset. You were described as being livid & fuming." Prosecutors told the court they could not confirm the allegations made about Mr Baines but accepted the defendant "believed them to be true" when she attack3d her husband on July 14 2020. Smith had claimed manslaughter due to loss of control but a jury found her guilty of murd3r. Her argument was weakened due to the planned involved, including the 13 minutes it took to boil the water to fill the bucket. Prosecuting, Mark Rhind QC, said: "She was in control & acted in anger & to extract vengeance for what she believed that Michael had done.” "We say that she intended either to k*ll Michael or to cause him really serious harm & so she is guilty of murd3r." Smith fled the house following the att*ck & told a neighbour several doors down: "I’ve hurt him really bad, I think I’ve kill3d him." An ambulance was called & police also arrived at the scene, finding Mr Baines in excruciating pain with his skin peeling off. Smith admitted to police in an interview she poured the water over her husband but that the "whole thing is a bit of a blur". Detective Chief Inspector Paul Hughes, from Cheshire Constabulary’s Major Crime Directorate, said: “Smith kill3d her husband Michael in such a painful and cruel way." Source:mirror.co.uk #crime #crimetiktoks #truecrimecommunity #truecrime #crimejunkie #truecrimetiktok #crimetok #crimetiktok - @crimeatyourfingertips