Jealous Husband Murdered Wife He Stabbed With Kitchen Knife And Then Ran Over

A jealous husband, who repeatedly stabbed his wife and then deliberately ran her over in his car after she fled their suburban marital home, was jailed for life yesterday.

Minta Adiddo, 38, (pic.bottom) was convinced Akua Agyeman, 22, (pic.top) was having an affair with a neighbour and stabbed her with a large kitchen knife on November 5, last year.

The first wound was inflicted in the bedroom of their home in Morris Court, Rigby Place, Enfield and the terrified victim tried to escape via the living-room window.

However, Adiddo chased her outside, repeatedly stabbing her, and when a passer-by tended to the seriously wounded woman the defendant jumped into his car and ran over her.

Adiddo was convicted at the Old Bailey of murdering Akua, who died on January 2, and must serve a minimum of seventeen years.

He admitted attacking his wife, but claimed he was guilty of nothing more serious than manslaughter, which was rejected by the jury.

The court heard how following the attack, in one of the first phone calls Adiddo made, he admitted to a relative that he stabbed his wife and was going to kill himself.

Shortly before 10:00am on November 6, the day after the attack, Adiddo was arrested after officers spotted him in the vehicle still wearing his blood-stained shirt.