Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A jealous husband killed his wife by stabbing her 300 times in "an episode of unspeakable and barbaric savagery", a judge said.
George Leather, 60, used four different knives to inflict around 100 wounds to the face and head of the woman he had been married to for 34 years.
Paula Leather, 56, was unrecognisable when she was found dead at their home in Prescot, Merseyside, in November last year, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Paula, a much-loved nan who worked at Asda, was left for dead at the foot of the stairs, while her husband went upstairs for a shower, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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