Thug stabbed his partner eight times after she caught him in bed with a man View Image

A thug who stabbed his female partner eight times to silence her after she caught him in bed with a male lover has been jailed for 27 years. Ryan Leggett, 35, took a knife from a drawer and stabbed her eight times causing wounds to her neck and chest and damage to her lungs and liver.

The attack happened after Leggett's partner returned home from work early and found him naked in bed with another man and a plate of cocaine on November 23. Ipswich Crown Court heard he had 'left her to die' after taking her phone and locking her in the house in Lowestoft Road, Lowestoft, after the assault.

Judge Martyn Levett jailed Leggett for 27 years and said the attack, which left the woman with life-threatening i

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