Jose Leonardo, 56, who killed his wife Maria
Mbombo, 52, by stabbing her multiple times,
has been convicted of murder. Leonardo made
a search for "the most painful place to stab
someone" on google before carrying out the act
at their home in Belsize Park, west London,
back in May.
The mum-of-three who was working as a
cleaner at the time of her death, died at the
scene. Leonardo who was a driver for the
internet-based taxi company, Uber, met her in
Holland back in 1988 and they moved to north-
west London in 1993.
Prosecutor John Price QC said there was no
dispute that Leonardo killed her, but he has
claimed it was manslaughter by "loss of
control". On the day of the murder, his mobile
phone was used to make an online search for
"can I survive stab in the eye" and "most
painful place to stab someone." After stabbing
her, he stayed in his flat with his dead or dying
wife for an hour or so, before their kids arrived
and their 23-year-old son Carl dialed an
emergency number in tears.
Paramedics arrived to find him trying to
resuscitate his mother on the floor of a
bedroom. Leonardo slipped out of the house,
tried to buy a bottle of beer in a nearby store
but was refused.
The shopkeeper noticed blood
on his jacket and tried to find out what
happened. He however allegedly replied: "Just
call the police."
Officers arrived to find Leonardo wearing a
white vest drenched in blood and murmuring
"my wife is dead". He has now been found
guilty of one count of murder, but cleared of
one charge of perverting the course of justice.
Leonardo will be sentenced to life imprisonment
today, with his minimum term to be determined.
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