
LEIGH PENMAN In April 1996, professional bodybuilder Sally McNeil was given a sentence of 19 years-life for the shotgun slaying of her husband (and fellow bodybuilder) Ray McNeil.
It was no secret that Sally and Ray had a volatile relationship and had fought violently on many occasions mostly triggered by Ray’s many affairs with other women. However, on Valentine’s Day 1995 the fight between the pair (reportedly about the cost of the chicken Ray was cooking) would be their last.
Sally McNeil was convicted of second-degree murder and sent to prison. Court records from the time state that she was not given the chance to argue that the death was manslaughter and that she was indeed ‘psychologically damaged’ from Ray’s abuse.
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