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| Wife-killer Ty Medland facing sentence for 'ghastly' murder | |
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| A jilted husband who murdered his wife in a "frenzied" knife attack on a Brighton street, is due to be sentenced later. | A jilted husband who murdered his wife in a "frenzied" knife attack on a Brighton street, is due to be sentenced later. |
| The judge said Ty Medland - described in court as a "petulant, self-centred" man - had carried out "the most ghastly killing" of his wife Samantha. | The judge said Ty Medland - described in court as a "petulant, self-centred" man - had carried out "the most ghastly killing" of his wife Samantha. |
| She was knifed to death on a busy Brighton street on 17 February. | She was knifed to death on a busy Brighton street on 17 February. |
| Her mother Amelia Shah said Medland had caused "devastation and heartbreak to my family". | Her mother Amelia Shah said Medland had caused "devastation and heartbreak to my family". |
| Her daughter had been "young, beautiful, loving and a wonderful daughter, sister and auntie who we miss terribly," she said. | Her daughter had been "young, beautiful, loving and a wonderful daughter, sister and auntie who we miss terribly," she said. |
| "We are all still coming to terms with her death and miss her so much. The loss is immense." | "We are all still coming to terms with her death and miss her so much. The loss is immense." |
| The court was told the couple had married 18 months earlier, but had been separated for a month. | The court was told the couple had married 18 months earlier, but had been separated for a month. |
| Mrs Medland was said in court to have become friendly with another man and to have written on Facebook that her marriage was over. | Mrs Medland was said in court to have become friendly with another man and to have written on Facebook that her marriage was over. |
| But Medland, described by prosecuting counsel as a man incapable of dealing with rejection, decided to kill his wife and then himself. | But Medland, described by prosecuting counsel as a man incapable of dealing with rejection, decided to kill his wife and then himself. |
| Later he said "she pushed me to the edge and destroyed everything...But I don't want to go to prison and I'm too scared to kill myself." | Later he said "she pushed me to the edge and destroyed everything...But I don't want to go to prison and I'm too scared to kill myself." |
| Richard Barton, for the prosecution, said: "He lashed out at her in what was an explosive loss of temper on his part." | Richard Barton, for the prosecution, said: "He lashed out at her in what was an explosive loss of temper on his part." |
| Medland had denied murder, admitting manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility but this was rejected by the jury at Lewes Crown Court where he will be sentenced. | Medland had denied murder, admitting manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility but this was rejected by the jury at Lewes Crown Court where he will be sentenced. |
| Judge Anthony Scott-Gall told Medland, of Peacehaven, East Sussex, that he faced a prison term of at least 25 years. | Judge Anthony Scott-Gall told Medland, of Peacehaven, East Sussex, that he faced a prison term of at least 25 years. |