A woman who fatally stabbed her husband of nearly 30 years was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday after a court found her guilty of murder, rejecting her claim that his death was an accident.

Daryl Berman, 72, claimed retired businessman David Berman, 84, must have 'stumbled' while carrying her lunch tray, causing the 'little' blade to penetrate his chest as he fell.

Daryl Berman, who claimed her husband David Berman had fallen in their kitchen and landed on a 'little knife', has been sentenced to life in prison for his murder