A former soldier chased his screaming wife into the road and stabbed her to death with a machete in the middle of the day. Craig Woodhall, 41, dragged Victoria, 31, to the ground before launching the frenzied attack, knifing her seven times with the 'Gurkha-style' weapon before walking away only to return twice more to inflict further violence.
Horrifed neighbours watched on, dialling 999 and shielding their children from the shocking events as they played out just before 5pm on Sunday, March 29, in Middlecliffe, Barnsley.
Woodhall, a forklift driver who had only married Victoria months earlier, fled the scene before handing himself in soon after, YorkshireLive reports.
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