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| Husband murdered wife's RAF lover | Husband murdered wife's RAF lover |
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| A jilted husband has been jailed for more than 13 years for murder after following his wife to England to stab to death her RAF lover. | |
| Francesco Matta, 56, from Sardinia, stabbed Flt Lt Stephen Keen, 54, four times in the neck in July 2006. | Francesco Matta, 56, from Sardinia, stabbed Flt Lt Stephen Keen, 54, four times in the neck in July 2006. |
| Matta had travelled to Tiverton in Devon where his wife had moved in with Mr Keen, Exeter Crown Court heard. | |
| Susan Matta had left her husband after rekindling a teenage romance with Mr Keen via the Friends Reunited website. | Susan Matta had left her husband after rekindling a teenage romance with Mr Keen via the Friends Reunited website. |
| Stephen Keen bled to death after being stabbed | |
| Postal worker Matta was jailed for 13 years and six months after a jury found him guilty of murder. | |
| Mr Keen and Mrs Matta had got back together 30 years after their teenage romance ended. | |
| Matta travelled to the UK and turned up at the Tiverton home which his wife and Mr Keen had moved into a few days before. | |
| He then stabbed Mr Keen four times in the neck and throat with a 4in (10cm) lock knife he had bought en route. | |
| Mr Keen, who suffered over a dozen defence wounds to his hands, bled to death in the arms of Mrs Matta. | |
| She told the court the room looked like a "slaughter chamber" after the killing. | |
| The court heard that Mrs Matta left her husband of three years for married Mr Keen after making contact with him from Sardinia via the Friends Reunited website. |