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| A former policeman has been jailed for at least 28 years for murdering his estranged wife at her hair salon. | A former policeman has been jailed for at least 28 years for murdering his estranged wife at her hair salon. |
| Ivan Esack, 38, of Ashford, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 33-year-old Natalie Esack. | Ivan Esack, 38, of Ashford, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 33-year-old Natalie Esack. |
| He admitted stabbing her 11 times at her salon in Ashford High Street but said he was suffering from diminished responsibility but he was found guilty of her murder on Friday. | |
| The judge said he "cut down and killed" Mrs Esack in the prime of her life. | |
| Judge Charles Byers at Maidstone Crown Court told Esack he had shown no remorse for his actions. | |
| 'Calculated killing' | |
| He continued: "Not only did you take her precious life but in doing so you devastated the lives of so many around her. | |
| "You had previously made her life a misery, subjecting her to repeated physical and verbal abuse. | |
| "And yet she never offered you any malice, not of any sort. | |
| "You are a controlling man and the only way that you could continue to control her life was to take it from her. | |
| "You had no other intention that day other than to kill her. This was a calculated, premeditated killing planned to the minute." | |
| Esack's trial at Maidstone Crown Court lasted four weeks. The court heard Esack stabbed his estranged wife with such ferocity the 8in (20cm) blade bent and the tip broke off. | |
| The jury was told he carried out the attack because he failed to come to terms with his estranged wife's new relationship with Justin Khadaroo. | |
| In the run-up to the murder she was subjected to a series of threatening text messages and calls which left her a "nervous wreck and absolutely petrified". | |
| During one telephone conversation, when she asked him what her options were, Esack replied: "Death, death, death." | |
| The case will now be the subject of an independently chaired, multi-agency review which is expected to report in February. |