The 25-year-old stabbed Camille Mathurasingh to death when he saw her on Facebook with a new lover.

Bristol flew 4,000 miles from Trinidad to England to confront the 27-year-old about her new relationship with Besim Haxhia.

He stabbed her 20 times at her home in east London, before cutting himself and crashing her car.

The IT technician, who worked for the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Administration, rejected the charge of murder, claiming he had committed manslaughter through provocation.

Judge Timothy Pontius described Bristol as being "eaten up by jealousy".

He said: "You attacked her with such repeated savagery and horrifying ferocity that it was your intention to kill her."

Judge Pontius described Camille Mathurasingh as someone "who would not want in any way to hurt his feelings and was very concerned to let him down gently".

The couple were together for three years while Ms Mathurasingh was working in Trinidad, and continued their relationship when she returned to the UK in 2008.

Bristol was unaware that she had met a new boyfriend but flew to the UK after seeing pictures of her with Haxhia on the internet.

Ms Mathurasingh's mother Indra said that "justice had been served" for her daughter.

She added: "She was snatched from us and we are empty without her. However, we can now try to heal our lives."