Man Knifes Wife To Death After Googling Most Painful Way To Stab Someone

Jose Leonardo, 56 an uber driver, knifed mum-of-three Maria Mbombo, 52, multiple times then left her to die at their home in Belize park west London.

The taxi driver was found guilty of one count of murder, but cleared of one charge of perverting the course of justice.

His Prosecutor John Price QC said there was no dispute that Leonardo killed her , but he has claimed it was manslaughter by "loss of control"

Earlier that afternoon, the defendant's mobile phone was used to search Google for "can I survive stab in the eye" and "most painful place to stab someone" and Shortly before midnight on May 18, the couple's 23-year-old son Carl dialled 999 in tears.

Paramedics arrived to find him trying to resuscitate his mother on the floor of a bedroom.

The victim, who was wearing a white top and black knickers, was covered in blood and had been dead for "some while", Mr Price said.
She had been alone with the defendant until her children returned home shortly before the 999 call, the court heard.


The defendant was in his flat with his dead or dying wife for an hour or so as his other son Jacques, 27, banged on the door and screamed to get in.

The couple met in Holland in 1988 and moved to north-west London in 1993.At the time of her death, Ms Mbombo was working as a cleaner while the defendant was a driver for the internet-based company Uber.