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By Joseph Gamp A woman who murdered her “abusive” husband imposed a campaign of terror on him before stabbing him in the back in a fit of rage. Self-proclaimed ‘horse whisperer’ Christine Rawle, 70, killed Ian Rawle, 72, as he mucked out her horses at their property in Braunton, Devon, on August 21 2022. Prosecutor Sean Brunton KC told Exeter Crown Court the couple – who he previously likened to Roald Dahl’s The Twits due to their constant bickering – had previously called police to the house. He said in 1993, Rawle had got into trouble with the police over nuisance phone calls made to one of …