A thug who stabbed his female partner eight times to silence her after she caught him in bed with a male lover has been jailed for 27 years.

A thug who stabbed his female partner eight times to silence her after she caught him in bed with a male lover has been jailed for 27 years.

The attack happened after Leggett's partner returned home from work early and found him naked in bed with another man and a plate of cocaine.

Thug stabbed his partner eight times after she caught him in bed with a man



She returned early from work and found him naked in bed with another man and drugsA thug who stabbed his female partner eight times to silence her after she caught him in bed with a male lover has been jailed for 27 years. Ryan Leggett, 35, took a knife from a drawer and stabbed her eight times causing wounds to her neck and chest and damage to her lungs and liver.
The attack happened after Leggett's partner returned home from work early and found him naked in bed with another man and a plate of cocaine on November 23. Ipswich Crown Court heard he had 'left her to die' after taking her phone and locking her in the house in Lowestoft Road, Lowestoft, after the assault.

Judge Martyn Levett jailed Leggett for 27 years and said the attack, which left the woman with life-threatening injuries, was 'deliberate, calculated and cowardly'. The judge said he believed Leggett hoped she would die to "save his own embarrassment".
He added: "You are an unpredictable and dangerous man and prone to terrible outbursts of violence after taking drugs."
In addition to jailing him for 27 years, Judge Levett passed an extended licence period of three years following Leggett's release. He said Leggett would have to serve two-thirds of the sentence before the parole board could consider if it was safe to release him and on what terms.
He passed an indefinite restraining order banning Leggett from contacting the victim or her family. Judge Levett praised the police officers and paramedics who attended the "traumatic" scene.

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