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Dating site murderer Miles Donnelly jailed for life | Dating site murderer Miles Donnelly jailed for life |
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A man who murdered a single mother he met on a dating website has been jailed for life. | A man who murdered a single mother he met on a dating website has been jailed for life. |
Miles Donnelly admitted strangling Usha Patel, 44, at the home she shared with her five-year-old son in Cricklewood, north-west London in October 2015. | Miles Donnelly admitted strangling Usha Patel, 44, at the home she shared with her five-year-old son in Cricklewood, north-west London in October 2015. |
The 35-year-old, from Paddington, then fled to a west London house where he attacked another woman when she refused his advances. | The 35-year-old, from Paddington, then fled to a west London house where he attacked another woman when she refused his advances. |
At the Old Bailey he was told he would serve a minimum of 23 years. | At the Old Bailey he was told he would serve a minimum of 23 years. |
The court heard he and Ms Patel had met on the dating site seven months before she invited him back to her home on 7 October. | |
After putting her son to bed, the pair stripped naked and Donnelly attacked her in a "drunken rage". | After putting her son to bed, the pair stripped naked and Donnelly attacked her in a "drunken rage". |
Ms Patel was found by a family member the following morning. | |
She had been stabbed 13 times with a large bread knife, punched in the head several times, and strangled. | |
The Old Bailey heard that after the killing, Donnelly went to the home of Rosie Ferrigno, 43, where he hid from police for 36 hours. | |
While there, he said he was sexually frustrated and made advances towards her. | |
When she refused, he hit her in the head with a stool that had a nail sticking out of it. | |
He was given an 18-month sentence for the assault on Ms Ferrigno to run concurrently with the life term. |