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Pharmacist jailed for life for murdering wife to run off with gay lover

File photo: Jessica with Mitesh Patel

By: Sarwar Alam

An Indian-origin pharmacist was sentenced to life imprisonment by a UK court on Wednesday for murdering his wife to use a two-million pound life insurance payout to build a new life with his gay lover in Australia. Mitesh Patel, 37, was told that he must serve a minimum term of 30 years behind bars before being considered for parole over the murder of Jessica Patel, who was found dead at the couple’s home in Middlesborough, northern England, in May. He had denied killing his wife and claimed that she was a victim of a burglary at their home. However, the…

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