Brazilian national Jaici Alfenas Rocha, 37, attacked Karina Guimaraes Batista, 40, with such ferocity at their home in Bristol he nearly severed her spinal cord.
Bristol Crown Court heard the attack happened at their rented flat in the early hours of February 13 last year after Rocha became convinced his wife was having an affair with her sister’s husband.
Mrs Batista suffered 27 separate stab wounds, with Rocha attacking her with such ferocity he stabbed her in the eye and heart, slashed her throat and nearly severed her spinal cord.
He had bought the kitchen knife and taken it to their flat where he intended to scare his wife into confessing to the affair.
After they returned from church together, Rocha, who had been suffering from mental health problems, killed his Brazilian-born wife.
Rocha, of Kensington Park, Easton, Bristol had denied her murder but was convicted by a jury.
Anna Vigars QC, defending, said: “Mr Rocha’s position has not changed. There is nothing from him that I seek to put before the court.”
Mr Justice Dingemans imposed a mandatory life sentence and told the defendant he would serve a minimum of 20 years imprisonment.
“Karina Batista was murdered on the night of February 12 or the early hours of February 13 2017,” the judge said.
“She had been stabbed in the face, head and heart with a kitchen knife. The attack was a frenzied and requiring very…
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