Sarah Dazeley

Sarah Dazeley was convicted of the murder of her husband who she had poisoned with arsenic.

Sarah Dazeley was the daughter of a hairdresser and grew up in the village of Polton, Bedfordshire. At 18 she married a man called Mead from Tpalow who was a clergyman in the parish. They were at first happy together but in 1840 they had a disagreement and Mead became suddenly ill and was confined to his bed with stomach pains and later died. Their daughter also similarly died a short time after.