A grandmother who strangled her terminally ill former partner has been given a suspended jail sentence. Joyce Evans, 69, killed 66-year-old former soldier Colin Ballinger at her home in New Orleans Walk, Islington, north London, last July. She was found guilty of manslaughter at a previous hearing at the Old Bailey. Judge Gerald Gordon said Evans, who has depression, should not have been left to provide the "arduous care" the dying man needed. Evans, who has served what would be equivalent to a 19-month jail sentence on remand, was given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, coupled with three years' supervision.