Wife jailed for killing husband

A “guilt-wracked” mother-oftwo has been jailed for at least 15 years for stabbing her IT executive husband during a regular boozy session dubbed “fight night”.

Natasha Welsh, 43, stabbed Martin Welsh, 47, with a 15cm kitchen knife on 26 October last year at the family home in north-west London. as their 21-year-old son played computer games upstairs.

At the time of the killing, Welsh’srelationshipwithmartin, a Celtic fan, had turned “toxic”, jurors were told.

The couple were regular drinkers who would consume a lot of alcohol on a Friday, which they called “fight night”.

Welsh was said by her children to have the “strength of ten men” and behaved like a “lunatic” while under the influence of alcohol.

Mr Welsh’s sister, Maryrose Welsh, said he was a “joker” and a “lovable rascal” who had a wide circle of friends in his native Scotland.