Nigerian man, Conrad Irabor Iyayi has been jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years for murdering his wife in their kitchen as their son slept upstairs.
Iyayi stabbed Kathryn Iyayi, known as Katy Harris, seven times in the chest at their home in Oak Crescent, Littleover, Derby, UK in February 2022, The News reports.
Prosecutor Gordon Aspden KC told the court that Harris, a 52-year-old art teacher, suffered “a violent death” at the hands of Iyayi, who had taken methadone and drunk alcohol before the killing,
Iyayi, 46, had already admitted manslaughter but pleaded guilty to murder on the second day of his trial at Derby Crown Court on August 2.
Sentencing him at the same court on Friday, Judge Shaun Smith KC said the attack was “determined and sustained”.
He said: “It was a brutal, frenzied killing and a needless death.
“In truth, only two people know what happened.
“Kathryn is dead and you have never really revealed the full truth, although there is a strong suggestion that drugs and alcohol played a role in what happened.
“Whatever happened, she did not need to lose her life.
Aspden told the court that Iyayi had used three kitchen knives to attack his wife after watching Match Of The Day with their young son on the evening of February 5 last year.
Injuries to Harris’ hands were evidence, Aspden said, that “she literally must have been fighting for her life during what must have been a terrifying final ordeal”.
Iyayi, who sat silently looking at the floor throughout, has previous convictions for assault, affray and burglary among others.
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