A jealous boyfriend who stabbed his tarot card reader partner more than 50 times after she tried to break up with him has been jailed for at least 18 years.
David Xavier, 38, was convicted of murder over the ‘frenzied’ knife attack on Andreia Guilherme at their home in Croydon
David Xavier, 38, was convicted of murder over the ‘frenzied’ knife attack on Andreia Guilherme at their home in Croydon, southThe Old Bailey heard the couple’s relationship had deteriorated since 30-year-old Ms Guilherme had become a mother and, by the time of her death, she had tried to break up with Xavier.
Prosecutor Paul Raudnitz KC said Xavier reacted by becoming ‘increasingly jealous and angry’ at the rejection. On the night of her death, Ms Guilherme had sent a series of messages to friends and family as a row with Xavier escalated. She texted a cousin to say ‘he picked up a knife’ and told Xavier’s sister: ‘David is crazy pointed a knife at me.’Latest London news
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