A woman who stabbed her husband to death before making a chilling 999 call and a son who bludgeoned his mother to death and left her decomposing body in her home over Christmas were just two of the notorious criminals locked up in the UK this month.
Also in October, a homeless man who confessed to murder after nearly 40 years and a jealous and controlling man who murdered his estranged wife by setting her on fire were put behind bars.
Other offenders jailed include a former English National Ballet dancer who used his fame to sexually assault young students, a drug addict who murdered a dad while on bail and two brothers who killed their younger sibling.
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