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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 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. 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. |
'Slaughter chamber' | |
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. |
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. |
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. |