1.   The jury heard how Thompson had been maddened by what he saw and battered his wife to death.

2.   ...battered wives.

3.   A tearful husband repeated calls for help in catching the fiend who battered his wife.

4.   A husband who batters his wife, for example, would be unlikely to explain her injuries accurately.

5.   She started doing volunteer work and through her church began counseling rape victims and battered wives.

6.   This is not proof that anyone who is famous and rich enough can batter his wife and later kill her and get away with it.

7.   A jealous husband who was initially sentenced by a Sicilian court to eight months in prison after battering his wife was freed on appeal, judicial sources said Thursday.

8.   Troubled England star Paul Gascoigne finally broke his silence and confessed on Sunday that he battered his wife Sheryl while in a drunken frenzy.

9.   Troubled Rangers star Paul Gascoigne, accused of battering his wife in a drunken rage, was back into training on Friday -- behind closed doors.