Jason Bell, 42, attacked 37-year-old Nicole Hurley with at least two knives at their home in Primrose Hill, north-west London.
A martial arts enthusiast who stabbed his partner to death before holding a friend captive and driving through a police cordon has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.
On Thursday, Old Bailey judge Alexia Durran sentenced Bell to life imprisonment and disqualified him from driving for 36 months upon his release. During the onslaught, Ms Hurley was heard to say: “J, what are you doing?” and: “J, stop”, the court heard. Bell had stashed a rucksack containing six phones and a bloody knife in a garden in Victoria Mews, Maida Vale, near the home of his longstanding friend Jeremy Drewitt.He told Mr Drewitt that he had stabbed Ms Hurley and claimed he would hand himself in.
“The defendant was a big man, he estimates 19 stone, and Jeremy Drewitt knew he had martial arts training. The defendant pushed Mr Drewitt to the floor where he cut his hip on a vase that smashed.” Bell eventually slowed down in traffic, giving Mr Drewitt the opportunity to undo his seatbelt and jump out of the moving vehicle then make his way back to the cordon.
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