Yardley Wood woman jailed for killing love rival
However, Biddle said she had gone to ask Miss Bradshaw if anything was going on between her and Ashley, and that Miss Bradshaw came towards her in the hallway with the knife.
After the verdict, Rhona Campbell, prosecuting, read a statement from Miss Bradshaw’s brother-in-law Andrew Staples, who described her as a lively young woman who led a life “full of exciting, adventurous things”.
Sentencing Biddle, Judge Griffith-Jones said: “Karla Biddle had been ground down emotionally by the uncertainty and the twists and turns in the relationship, but the provocation is not the behaviour of the man concerned but the provocation which flows from Emma, who was quite entitled to engage in the relationship.
“This case is an absolute tragedy in which there are no winners, only losers. Your uncertainty and curiosity and determination to give yourself peace of mind resulted in you visiting Emma. The production of the knife and the aggression that is consequent upon it provoked you to suddenly lose your self-control.”
But Judge Griffith-Jones had pointed out that even if Biddle had stayed and called the emergency services, Miss Bradshaw’s life would still have not been saved.
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