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What he did when he was too drunk for parents evening was chilling warning
Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam was banned from contacting his estranged wife following the incident but instead went to the shop where she worked and murdered her
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First picture of man who stabbed wife to death in shop
Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam knifed his 44-year-old estranged partner Nilani Nimalarajah 18 times in a 'merciless, sustained and extremely brutal' assault
Dad who bought knives from Asda then stabbed wife 18 times admits murder
Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam subjected his estranged partner Nilani Nimalarajah to a "merciless, sustained and brutal" assault in the shop where she worked
Man bought knives from Asda and duct tape from Poundland then stabbed wife to death
Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam was said to have knifed Nilani Nimalarajah 18 times due to his 'anger' over not being invited to a family celebration
Armed police descend on street after 'gun' pointed at woman in car
A cordon was put in place while police searched the area