Desmond Sylva (left), 41, knifed his on-off girlfriend Simonne Kerr (right), 31, more than 70 times at his flat in Clapham, South London, on August 15 last year. The former soldier, who served in Iraq and Kosovo, admitted manslaughter but denied murder, citing depression. But prosecutor Oliver Glasgow QC told jurors it was an all too familiar case of 'sexual desire, appalling violence and desperate lies'. Miss Kerr, whose six-year-old son Kavele (also right) tragically died of sickle cell disease, shot to fame in the NHS choir B Positive on the ITV show Britain's Got Talent. She met Sylva through dating app Tinder. Sylva attacked her in bed with a 20cm (7.8in) kitchen knife, slashing her throat and repeatedly stabbing her face and neck. Afterwards, he called 999 and said: 'I've just committed a murder. I'm ex-Army and I've got lots of mental health issues.'...read
Iraq war veteran, 41, who stabbed his 31-year-old Britain's Got Talent star girlfriend 70 times after she refused him sex is jailed for life for murder
03/07/19 16:49
