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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.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 killed Lakhvinder Cheema, 39, who died hours after eating the meal with his new fiancee at his home in Feltham in January 2009. Lakhvinder Cheema, 39, died hours after eating the meal with his new fiancee at his home in Feltham in January 2009.
The mother-of-three, from Southall, was jailed for a minimum of 23 years. Lakhvir Singh, 45, from Southall, was found guilty of his murder and jailed for a minimum of 23 years.
Singh, 45, was cleared of attempting to murder Gurjeet Choongh but found guilty of causing her grievous bodily harm. Singh was cleared of attempting to murder Gurjeet Choongh but found guilty of causing her grievous bodily harm.
She was also cleared of a charge of administering poison to Mr Cheema in December 2008, a month before his death.She was also cleared of a charge of administering poison to Mr Cheema in December 2008, a month before his death.
On that occasion Mr Cheema was discharged from hospital after a week but doctors were unable to say what had caused his sickness.
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.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.
After her arrest Singh, a mother of three, tried to blame her brother-in-law Varinder for the death.
But a lodger at the house saw her take a container with the curry out of the fridge earlier in the day, the court heard.