Brightlingsea's Olive Dowding celebrates 102nd birthday | Clacton and Frinton Gazette
CELEBRATIONS were in order as sprightly Olive Dowding marked her 102nd birthday.
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CELEBRATIONS were in order as sprightly Olive Dowding marked her 102nd birthday.
CELEBRATIONS were in order as sprightly Olive Dowding marked her 102nd birthday.
CELEBRATIONS were in order as sprightly Olive Dowding marked her 102nd birthday.
Valerie Dowding, 76, spent a decade mentally abusing her husband and retired academic, Dennis, a court heard. In one particularly cruel act Mrs Dowding tormented her 80-year-old husband - who claimed he was a victim of 'gaslighting' - by deliberately destroying his beloved books. Dennis was hospitalised after he was struck over the head with his walking stick following a row over the family dog. In handing her a suspended prison sentence, Judge Robert Pawson compared 'spiteful' Mrs Dowding's behaviour to that of a bully. Pictured is Valerie Dowding, 76, who tormented her elderly husban...