The freesheet headline today tells of a 49 year old man found guilty of murdering his wife. He got a life sentence.

Although he admitted killing her, he had pleaded not guilty to murder. He claimed he was driven to violence by jealousy: his wife had re-kindled a relationship with an old flame from 20 years earlier.

He waited for her to return from meeting her lover and then stabbed her in front of their three children aged 4 to 10.

Those unfortunate children have not only lost their mother, but also their father in the most tragic of circumstances.