Nigerian woman’s killer-boyfriend jailed for life in UK,
Norbert Maiksner, 49, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 24 years for murdering his girlfriend, 45-year-old Nigerian Frances Obiefuleh. He wrapped tape around her face in Havant, Hampshire, in April last year.
He was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday after a jury at the same court on Friday found him guilty of murder and child cruelty.
Her body was discovered after Maiksner was found by a highways officer walking on the hard shoulder of the M40 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, and told them to call the police to tell them what he had done.
A spokesperson from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said Maiksner told officers that he had killed Obiefuleh and “stated that it was all a dream and that he wanted to wake up”.
Mr Justice Murray said in his sentencing remarks on Monday: “No sentence that I pass today can possibly relfect the value of Frances’s life or in any way offset the depth of grief and sense of loss of her family and everyone else who loved her.
“The depth of the pain and grief that they have suffered as a result of your crimes cannot be fully understood by those who have not experienced such a tragedy.”
Maiksner’s two-week trial started on 15 March but the force said he refused to attend court or engage in the proceedings.
Paul Cavin KC, prosecuting, told the court that a post-mortem examination revealed she died of smothering with injuries caused by compression of the neck and chest.
Following the verdict Obiefuleh’s family released a tribute, describing her as “kind, intelligent, and resourceful” and a “caring and deeply loving mother, sister, aunt, and friend to many”.
“She was a devoted mother and beautiful in every sense of the word,” the statement said. BBC
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Norbert Maiksner, 49, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 24 years for murdering his girlfriend, 45-year-old Nigerian Frances Obiefuleh
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