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| Ty Medland guilty of murdering wife in Brighton street | |
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| A man who stabbed his 24-year-old wife to death in the middle of a Brighton street has been found guilty of murder. | A man who stabbed his 24-year-old wife to death in the middle of a Brighton street has been found guilty of murder. |
| Ty Medland, 26, of Peacehaven, East Sussex, had admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but denied murder. | |
| Samantha Medland suffered stab wounds to her face, head, neck and torso in Queen Square on 17 February. | Samantha Medland suffered stab wounds to her face, head, neck and torso in Queen Square on 17 February. |
| Lewes Crown Court heard they had married 18 months earlier, but had been separated for a month. | |
| Mrs Medland had moved out of her mother-in-law's home in Cavell Avenue, where they lived, on 28 January. | |
| 'Ghastly killing' | |
| Ty Medland then arranged to meet her to hand over her remaining belongings. | |
| The trial was told he armed himself with knives given to the couple as a wedding present, concealing three of them up his sleeve and a fourth in his belt. | |
| Hours before he stabbed his wife to death, he sent a message to a friend saying she had pushed him to the edge and destroyed everything he believed in. | |
| Prosecutor Richard Barton said it went on: "The only thing I want right now is murder suicide." | |
| Medland also posted a message on Facebook branding his wife as a "cheating, lying, unloyal whore who destroyed everything I loved and believed in". | |
| Jurors were told she had become close to another man and had rebuffed her husband's repeated attempts to patch up their marriage. | |
| Medland was described as a "petulant, self-centred man" incapable of dealing with rejection. | |
| Following the verdict, Judge Anthony Scott-Gall told the jury: "It was really the most ghastly killing. I'm sure you will never forget it." | |
| Sentencing was adjourned until Monday. |