A woman who murdered her former lover by poisoning his curry has been found not guilty of an earlier attempt to kill him.
A woman found guilty of murdering her former lover of 16 years by poisoning his curry at his west London home has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey.
Lakhvir Singh, 45, killed Lakhvinder Cheema, 39, who died hours after eating a meal with his new fiancee at his home in Feltham, west London, in 2009.
Lakhvir Singh killed Lakhvinder Cheema, 39, who died hours after eating the meal with his new fiancee at his home in Feltham in January 2009.
The Old Bailey was told of an incident a month earlier which left Mr Cheema ill in hospital.
The mother-of-three, from Southall, was jailed for a minimum of 23 years.
Doctors were unable to say what had caused his first bout of sickness.
Singh, 45, was cleared of attempting to murder Gurjeet Choongh but found guilty of causing her grievous bodily harm.
He was released from hospital after a week.
She was also cleared of a charge of administering poison to Mr Cheema in December 2008, a month before his death.
The judge had told the jury he would accept a majority decision in respect of the charge that Singh administered poison to Mr Cheema in December 2008.
The jury heard Singh could not bear the thought of her lover's marriage to 22-year-old Miss Choongh and laced the food with Indian aconite, known as the Queen of Poisons.
Mr Cheema and Gurjeet Choongh, 22, were due to marry on Valentine's Day 2009.
On Wednesday, Singh was cleared of attempting to murder Miss Choongh but found guilty of causing her grievous bodily harm.
The Old Bailey heard Singh could not bear the thought of her lover's marriage to another woman.
The engaged couple fell ill in January last year after eating leftover curry which had been in the fridge of their home.
Within hours, Mr Cheema was dead and Miss Choongh was fighting for her life after being poisoned with Indian aconite - known as the Queen of Poisons.
The last thing Ms Choongh remembers is sitting on a hospital bed before being placed in a coma for two days while doctors traced the poison and gave her an antidote.
Police later found traces of the poison among herbs in Singh's coat pocket and in her handbag.
