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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. A jilted husband has been jailed for life for murder after following his wife to England to kill 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. He will serve at least 13 years and six months.
Matta had travelled to Tiverton in Devon where his wife had moved in with Mr Keen, Exeter Crown Court heard.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 'Slaughter chamber'
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.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.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. Stephen Keen bled to death after being stabbed
He then stabbed Mr Keen four times in the neck and throat in front of Mrs Matta.
Mr Keen, who suffered over a dozen defence wounds to his hands, bled to death in the arms of Mrs Matta.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.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. Mr Keen had been her first boyfriend when she was a 14-year-old grammar school girl and he was a 17-year-old sixth former but they split up and lost contact two years later.
Their love blossomed again after they met through Friends Reunited and Susan ditched Matta while Mr Keen left his wife Doreen and their two children after 33 years of marriage.