A man whose wife was found guilty of trying to kill him with anti-freeze has told their nine-year-old son about her actions after the verdict.
Kate Knight, 28, was convicted of the attempted murder of Lee Knight by slipping anti-freeze into his wine and curry in Stoke-on-Trent in 2005.
Mr Knight, 38, now has brain damage, is blind and partially deaf.
He said he told his son that the boy's mother had "put something into my drink that she shouldn't have done."
Wake him
Mr Knight suffered kidney failure and brain damage after being poisoned.
He needs 24-hour care and lives with his parents and son.
The jury at Stafford Crown Court heard how his wife plotted to poison her husband, who worked for JCB, in order to collect a £130,000 pay-out from his employer and clear debts.
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Knight told of how she used to wake him in the night to tell him she loved him.
He said: "We were very close. I thought we were very good together. We were a very loving couple.
"She put my family and friends through things that people shouldn't go through."
The victim's mother, Annette Knight, said she cried about what has happened.
She said: "It's the thought of my grandson's mother being in prison and my grandson having to face that his mother's in prison.
"But I'm pleased that he's here with us and we know now that he'll be brought up properly."
A neighbour, Sarah Johnson, said Mr Knight is "not the same man at all".
She said: "His quality of life is nowhere near what he used to have.
"But he's being very strong and he's got a sense of humour."
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