A man who stabbed his ex-wife to death on an East London street and then travelled to her home, where he killed her mother and set the property ablaze, has been jailed for life.
Sergei Zolotovsky, 44, of Gareth Drive, Edmonton was convicted of murdering Svetlana Zolotovska, 40, and Antonia Belska, 70, and will be locked-up for a minimum of thirty years.
He plunged a knife into Svetlana’s neck, chest and abdomen in Stansfield Road, Canning Town at 7.30am on August 12, last year.
Zolotovsky then went to his ex’s home in Leamouth Road, East Ham, where he also fatally stabbed Antonia, who had been visiting her daughter from her native Latvia.
Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Kelly, of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said: “Zvetlana’s family have been devastated by Zolotovsky’s actions that night.
“They will never get over their loss but I hope that they can derive some comfort from seeing Zolotovsky being brought to account for his actions.”
After police responded to the stabbing of Svetlana they visited her home, where a fire was raging in an upstairs room, and found the injured defendant in the loft.
A family member said: “Our family has suffered indescribable grief as a result of the cruellest murder of the closest and most loved members of our family.
“We have suffered extreme emotional stress. We are still grieving and remembering the loss of our loved ones every day.”
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