A judge has extended an interim hospital order on a gun dealer who fatally shot his solicitor wife at their Suffolk farmhouse.

Peter Hartshorne-Jones, 52, was charged with murder after his wife was found shot inside their family home at The Green, Barham, on the morning of Sunday, May 3 last year.

Hartshorne-Jones denied murdering his 41-year-old wife, Silke, but admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility at a hearing in September.

Mrs Hartshorne-Jones was found on the floor upstairs, with two gunshot wounds, after police were called by her husband at 4.45am.

She was taken to Ipswich Hospital but died a short time later at 6.42am.

A post mortem examination confirmed her death was the result of two gunshot wounds.

Hartshorne-Jones is said to have had a recurrent depressive disorder and had psychotic symptoms at the time of the shooting.

Judge Martyn Levett imposed a Section 38 interim hospital order for 12 weeks in April.

On Monday, he extended the order until August 13 to allow the defendant to continue receiving treatment.

Hartshorne-Jones is due to be sentenced on August 31.