A
jealous knifeman, who stabbed a younger love-rival to death in a “fit
of rage” - plunging the blade into the defenceless victim six times
– has been jailed.
Andrew
Nichols, 45, (pic.bottom) of Excelsior Close, Kingston-upon-Thames
knifed 28 year-old Colin Bolton (pic.top) through the heart.
He
was cleared of murder, but convicted at the Old Bailey of
manslaughter and received seven-and-a-half years.
Nichols
had been dating the woman for eighteen months, but discovered she had
started a relationship with Mr. Bolton.
The
trio gathered at a flat in Kingsnympton Park, Kingston-upon-Thames,
where the woman heard Mr. Bolton screaming as she entered the
kitchen.
Nichols
had punched and then repeatedly stabbed Mr. Bolton with a knife
before fleeing from the property.
Paramedics
were called and tried to resuscitate Mr. Bolton, but he had suffered
a stab wound to the heart and lung and was pronounced dead at the
scene.
Nichols,
who has an IQ under 60, was eventually apprehended over 70-miles away
at his brother's home in Portsmouth.
Detective
Sergeant Rory Wilkinson, of the Homicide and Major Crime Command,
said: "Colin Bolton had everything to live for.
“He
had a loving family and friends, was a successful electrical engineer
and had just started a new relationship.
"Unfortunately
Colin Bolton's partner had previously been in a relationship with
Andrew Nichols.
“Nichols
was unwilling to accept the new situation and he killed Mr. Bolton in
a fit of rage and jealousy.
“He
stabbed the twenty-eight year-old six times before escaping to
Portsmouth.”
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