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Jealous husband jailed for 'slaughtering' wife

A jealous husband, who stabbed his Vodafone executive wife more than 30 times in a rage after she admitted to an affair, has been jailed for nine years. Skip related content

Judge Guy Boney QC described Alisdair Sinclair as "egotistical and self-absorbed".

He said Sinclair had "slaughtered" his wife Sally, 40, when he "exploded in a frenzy of brutality" at the news of her infidelity.

It is understood Sally had done everything she could to support and help him through his depressive illness until she could take no more.

On Thursday, a jury at Winchester Crown Court found Sinclair, 48, guilty of manslaughter through diminished responsibility and not guilty of the murder.

He had suffered from depression for more than ten years but had not sought help - something the judge said might have avoided the killing, if he had.

Mrs Sinclair was killed by her "controlling" husband on August 16 last year.

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