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An NHS worker who murdered his wife just weeks after an earlier domestic abuse case collapsed has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years.
Kasikai Chinyanga, 47, killed Veronica Chinyanga as she begged for her life in the back garden of their home in Broxburn, West Lothian, on 9 June last year.
The 42 year-old mother had predicted Chinyanga may not forgive her for previously reporting him to police.
Ms Chinyanga was repeatedly struck with a pronged garden tool – in front of neighbours – before being stabbed in the stomach with a knife.
Chinyanga returned to the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday having earlier admitted to the murder.
Jailing him for life, Lord Mulholland said the killing had been "cowardly, savage and brutal".
