Facebook killer jailed for life
A jealous husband who murdered his wife after she changed her status to “single” on Facebook has been jailed for life. Lorry driver Wayne Forrester, 34, stabbed mother-of-two Emma Forrester to death in her home as a six-year-old girl cowered in an upstairs bedroom.
Forrester later told police he believed his wife was having an affair and felt humiliated that she was now declaring herself available on the social networking website.
Prosecutor Alex Lewis told the Old Bailey: "He was angry about an entry she had made on Facebook which he said made him look like a fool.
“She was now advertising her marital status as single.”
The court heard how Mrs Forrester, a 34 year-old payroll administrator, had thrown her husband out of their home in New Addington, Surrey, after the breakdown of their volatile 15-year relationship.
Forrester became suspicious his estranged wife was having an affair and repeatedly threatened to kill her over the phone.
Fuelled by alcohol and cocaine, Forrester smashed his way into the house armed with a kitchen knife and a meat cleaver in the early hours of February 18 this year.
He dragged his wife out of the marital bedroom, tearing clumps of her hair out, before stabbing her in the neck, stomach, arms, hands and head.
The victim’s terrified screams for help were heard in the background as the six-year-old child who was staying in the house made a 999 call.
When police arrived they found Forrester walking out of the house with a carton of fruit juice in his hand. He held out his bloodied hands to be cuffed and said: “My wife’s in there, I’ve killed her.”
The child was wrapped in a duvet before being taken out of the house to stop her seeing the body. She later described the killing to police.
Forrester pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life and ordered to spend a minimum of 14 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole.
The Common Serjeant of London, Judge Brian Barker, told him: "A matter of days before the death of your wife she had ended the relationship.
"Also over the weekend you were calling and phoning about entries in Facebook which seemed to indicate she was now single and available.
“This is a tragic killing of a young mother. What you have done has caused untold anguish.”
