Man stabs wife 59 times with two knives for this reason

In a horrifying incident, a man in the United Kingdom (UK) reportedly has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing and killing his Indian-origin wife after a fight on Christmas day last year (2018). The man identified as Laurens Brand, 47, has been charged with murder to repeatedly stab his 41-year-old wife Angela Mittal.

According the NDTV reports, the man was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years and eight months' imprisonment at a sentencing hearing at Reading Crown Court on Friday. Angela (the wife) had suffered 59 stab wounds to her neck and chest and died on the spot at their home in Berkshire.

During the hearing, Judge Heather Norton said: "You stabbed your wife in the bedroom of the family home. Your attack on her was ferocious. You stabbed your wife no fewer than 59 times. At some point in the course of that attack, one knife broke. You left the room, you went to the kitchen, you fetched another knife and then returned." The court also heard that the forensic evidence suggests that the victim was alive and struggling to defend herself through much of that attack.

Media reports say that, Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Inspector Mike Roddy, of the Thames Valley Police Major Crime Unit said "This was a brutal assault carried out by Laurens Brand on his wife, Angela Mittal, during which she suffered 59 separate injuries. Brand subjected Angela to this vicious attack in her own home, a place where she should have felt safe and secure. Instead of helping Angela, he tried to clean up before calling (emergency) 999. When he did call, he didn't ask for an ambulance, he asked directly for the police already in the knowledge it was too late for Angela," he said.

"I'd also like to commend them on the courage they have shown, especially today when having to explain what the loss of Angela means to them. It is never easy time to lose anyone, but in such violent circumstances, in her own home, it is unimaginable," said Mike Roddy.