An avid sailor has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of more than 27 years for the murder of his ex-wife.

He lay in wait for her for five hours at a cemetery before attacking and fatally stabbing her with scissors at their son's graveside.

Martin Suter, 68, of Lee-on-the-Solent, pleaded guilty to the murder of 71-year-old Ann Blackwood at Crofton Cemetery in Stubbington, Hampshire, on 24 July 2023.

It would have been the 36th birthday of their son, Christopher.

Suter, who wore a beige suit and striped tie at a hearing at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday, was also sentenced for the indecent assault of a girl under 14 years old, which he had pleaded guilty to in May 2023.

Sentencing Suter, Judge Michael Bowes KC said: "No sentence I can pass can compensate Ann Blackwo

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