WITHERNSEA MAN MURDERED FIANCÉ DAYS AFTER THEIR ENGAGEMENT
A man involved in a violent incident that resulted in the stabbing of his fiancée in the neck shortly after their engagement has been convicted of her murder.
Tony Jobling, aged 51, denied having killed Samantha Petra Atkinson, known as Petra, during an intoxicated argument in September of the previous year.
After a trial lasting two days, a jury composed of six men and six women reached a verdict of guilty for murder in just two and a half hours of deliberation at Sheffield Crown Court.
Ms.
Atkinson, who was 42, sustained 12 injuries caused by a sharp object at her residence in Withernsea, including three to her neck.
One injury severed her jugular vein, resulting in her blood loss and death, as her 16-year-old son, Harry, slept upstairs.
Jobling had acknowledged that Ms.
Atkinson died at his hands but argued her injuries were accidental, claiming he was attempting to disarm her after she grabbed a knife during an argument.
The jury was instructed to consider manslaughter as a lesser charge if they did not find him guilty of murder.
Nonetheless, following the guilty verdict, Jobling was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on surname
89.0%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
31.7%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
89.0%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
ughter as a lesser charge if they did not find him guilty of murder. Nonetheless, following the guilty verdict, Jobling was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison.
Prison sentence
20 years
Nonetheless, following the guilty verdict, Jobling was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison
