Investment banker who stabbed wife 124 times found guilty of manslaughter
Sanjay Nijhawan was convicted of the charge, but found not guilty of murder at Guildford Crown Court
AN investment banker who stabbed his wife 124 times in a crazed axe and knife attack at their £2 million Surrey home has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Sanjay Nijhawan was convicted of the charge, but found not guilty of murder at Guildford Crown Court.
A court heard the killer Googled how to identify "soft parts of a female human skull" before knifing his wife to death.
It came after the 46-year-old quit his high-paying job with Barclays, with a £670,000 mortgage still on the couple’s home.
But the killer's anxiety came to a head when his wife Sonita said she wanted a divorce – with the man telling police he had become “deranged”.
Terrified family members arrived at the home after becoming concerned about the 35-year-old women, finding “blood everywhere”, including covering the white marble floors of the exclusive property.
Prosecutor Sally O’Neill told the jury at that Sanjay Nijhawen had reigned down at least 124 vicious axe blows on the head and neck of his wife Sonita.
RELATED STORIES
The jury, comprising of six men and six women, was sent out to consider its verdict on Wednesday after five days of evidence.
A close friend of the killer's. Bobby Nagpal, described the "completely docile" killer as a "teddy bear"
He said: "I felt that he wasn’t ready to make a clear decision based on what Sonita told me in the past.
“He has clearly lost a considerable amount of weight. He doesn’t look like the same Sanjay. He looks 12 to 15 years older than the Sanjay I knew.”
“He was going through stress at work, unable to sleep for days on end. He had not been able to string conversations together, he was forgetful.
“He said something was not right, he was in bad shape.”
We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at [email protected] or call 0207 782 4368