Husband sentenced over Nisha murder

Nisha Patel-Nasri, 29, bled to death after being stabbed with a 13-inch kitchen knife at her home in Wembley, north London.

Husband Fadi Nasri wanted her dead to pay off spiralling debts of more than £100,000 with the couple's £350,000 life insurance policy.

The Lebanese-born limousine hire boss was secretly leading a double life and "spending money like water" on his Lithuanian mistress Laura Mockiene.

In May 2006, the day after he and his wife's third wedding anniversary, he left her at home alone to meet her violent end while he went out to play snooker.

She was stabbed by violent, powerfully-built nightclub bouncer Jason Jones, who was given the job by Nasri's friend, drug dealer Rodger Leslie.

Nasri, 34, of Alderman Court, Barnet, north London, Leslie, 38, of Chesterfield Flats, Bells Hill, Barnet, and Jones, 36, of Hathaway Crescent, Manor Park, east London, were found guilty of murder by an Old Bailey jury last month.

All three are being sentenced.

The court heard that Nasri had been meeting Miss Mockiene for weekly sex sessions in hotels and even took her on a secret holiday to the Egyptian pyramids in the months leading up to the killing.

But his business was in trouble and he could not afford the lifestyle, so he killed his wife to pay for it in what police called "the final betrayal".