A Coventry family said they 'wish they could turn back time' after their beloved son and brother was murdered. Alfred James Corbett was killed in cold blood at his home in Foleshill .

Laura Shanley was sentenced today (October 10) for the murder of Mr Corbett, who was known as Jamie. In the early hours of September 17, 2024, the 36-year-old had been with Jamie at his home on Edmund Road.

Shanley picked up a knife and stabbed Jamie in the chest before almost immediately kneeling down next to him and shouting: 'What have I done?' She dialled 999 and claimed that he had arrived home bleeding, having already been stabbed.

She also asked another woman who was in the property at the time if she would lie about what happened, asking her: 'Have you got my back?' But the knife used to kill J

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