A MAN was tonight charged with killing his wife and drugging three people.

George Kibuuka was charged with the murder of Margaret Kibuuka, the mother of his four children, following almost 36 hours in police custody.

The 47-year-old is also facing three counts of administering a stupifying drug.

Kibuuka was arrested yesterday morning once he became fit to leave Southampton General Hospital where he has been treated for the past two and a half weeks.

He was admitted on Sunday, November 8, shortly after Mrs Kibuuka’s body was found at their home in Richville Road, Shirley. She had been fatally stabbed.

Kibuuka had also suffered a stab wound and had swallowed a quantity of pesticide when police found him at the scene.

He is due to appear before Southampton Magistrates Court this morning.