The death of Billy Davitt

(Fictional - but a situation not entirely unknown.)

She confessed: “I killed Billy Davitt.
It was sex – wouldn’t let him have it.
When he got drunk it was his habit
To come upon me like a rabbit...
I pulled this knife, not mean to stab it,
But he got mad and tried to grab it...
He bled so fast I couldn’t dab it!"

DEFENCE LAWYER’S VOICE:

Such domestic violence is rife:
He would not heed his intended wife.
He could have stopped on seeing the knife
But he was too caught up in the strife.
His drink-blinded lust cost him his life.