A 26-year-old chef was sentenced to jail for 26 years over the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s beau. The chef named, Marek Hecko stabbed Adrian Ellingford, 44, twice in the back at a property in Nelson Grove, Chelmsford on July 25. Hecko told the witness he had “done something terrible”. He was found guilty of murder at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday and was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 26 years. The court also said that Hecko was still obsessed with his ex-girlfriend with whom in broke up in May 2022.