Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006. The following year, they moved in together. But Ioan didn’t like to work, and Marina paid for everything. Years passed and he was no different. Ioan started to drink heavily, and the pair constantly argued. In July 2022, Marina ended things. But the following month, Ioan turned up at the hospital where she worked, drunk. He followed Marina as she walked home. He stabbed her eight times in her left side, shoulder, arm and breast. Thankfully, a stranger intervened and saved Marina’s life. In July 2023, Ioan was found guilty of assault by beating and attempted murder. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with a further three years on license at Northampton Crown Court.
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
Louise McManaman, 50, from Liverpool, started seeing Ian Blackburn, 62, in November 2021 .
A LUXURY baby cot has hit the shelves with a price tag just shy of 10 MILLION POUNDS .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .
Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .