A retired engineer was today told he would die in jail for murdering his wife just days after he confessed to an affair and secret lovechild during their 53-year marriage.Church-goer David Clarke, 80, battered unsuspecting wife Helen, 77, with a hammer then set her on fire days after telling her 'in an act of spite' how he had betrayed her with a woman she had regarded as a friend, a court heard today.Mrs Clarke, described as a 'doting granny', was 'completely devastated' by the bombshell news, which came after the couple had travelled to Australia to meet his former lover and her family.
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