Policeman Stabbed Himself To Cover Up Murder

PC Adrian Goldsmith, who battered partner Jill in a sustained attack with a mallet, had falsely claimed she lunged at him with a knife. The officer tried to fool his Northamptonshire Police colleagues into believing he had acted in self-defence. Goldsmith, 50, was arrested last March after his wife was found dead at their home in Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, near the force's headquarters, following a 999 call.