Life sentence for man who murdered his ex

A “jealous” ex-boyfriend who murdered his former partner after their relationship ended and she began seeing another man has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years.

Charles Jessop, 30, took a knife and cycled to 33-year-old Clare Nash’s flat in Newmarket, Suffolk, on the evening of January 16 last year, an earlier trial at Ipswich Crown Court heard.

Mark Cotter QC, prosecuting, said Jessop lay in wait until Ms Nash returned home, then launched his stabbing attack, strangling her after the knife broke.

Jessop, of Bakers Row, Newmarket, denied Ms Nash’s murder but was convicted following a two-month trial.

Jessop was also sentenced for an assault on a 22-year-old man in November 2019.

He admitted the assault and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, to run concurrently with the life sentence.