Amidu Koroma stabbed community nurse Mariam Kamara four times in the face, neck and chest with a kitchen knife as she slept in her bed.
A delivery driver who murdered his wife, set fire to their home, and blamed their teenage son has been jailed for at least 29 years.
But jurors heard the couple’s relationship was “toxic” and Ms Kamara had repeatedly expressed fears to friends that he was going to kill her. Contrary to the defendant’s claims, Ishmael was a “typical teenager” and Ms Kamara was a “deeply caring and responsible mother”, the judge said. As flames and smoke gushed from a first-floor window, the defendant calmly told emergency workers that his wife was trapped inside, the court heard.
A post-mortem examination concluded Ms Kamara had died from stab wounds to the neck and chest before the fire started.
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