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A man who murdered his partner with a crowbar on the night he said they got engaged has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years.
Kayleigh Dunning, 32, was found dead at Mark Brandford s flat in Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth, in December 2019.
Jurors heard he lashed out during his special night after discovering Ms Dunning had sent affectionate text messages to another man.
Brandford, 49, had denied murder but was convicted following a trial.
Judge Timothy Mousley QC told Portsmouth Crown Court Brandford showed no emotion, let alone any remorse for his actions.
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Violent drunk Kyle Kessell, aged 32, thrust a glass into the face of an innocent stranger
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A drugged-up thug has been jailed for slamming a glass into the face of an innocent dad – scarring him for life.
Marcelina Tomusiak, from Poland, stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife after he let down the air in her tyres in a prank-gone-wrong
A mother-of-three who stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife after he let down the air in her tyres in a prank-gone-wrong has been jailed for two years.
Marcelina Tomusiak, from Poland, flew into a rage after she saw her husband Jacob Tomusiak deflating her tyres ahead of a planned day trip with her three children.
Mr Tomusiak was filming his wife to capture her reaction to the prank in Aldershot, Hampshire, in September 2019.
Furious Tomusiak grabbed a kitchen knife in a bid to puncture the tyres on her husband s grey Lexus in retaliation - but the flimsy blade snapped.