Last month another judge, Lord Bracadale, sentenced a man to life in prison for the murder of a woman after she broke off their affair.

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One man she thought she would marry broke off their relationship because he said he wasn't ready to be a father.

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Finally, she had enough and broke off the engagement.

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The court was told she was stabbed with such ferocity that the blade bent and the tip broke off.

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