A jealous New Addington husband who murdered his wife after she changed her status on networking website Facebook to “single” was jailed for life today.

Lorry driver Wayne Forrester, 34, stabbed mother-of-two Emma Forrester to death in her home in February.

Forrester later told police he believed his wife was having an affair and felt humiliated that she was now declaring herself available over the internet.

Prosecutor Alex Lewis told the Old Bailey: “He was angry about an entry she had made on Facebook which he said made him look like a fool.

“She was now advertising her marital status as single.”

Forrester pleaded guilty to murder and was told he would spend at least 14 years behind bars.

Victim Emma Forrester, a 34-year-old payroll administrator, had thrown her husband out of their home in New Addington, Surrey, after the breakdown of their volatile 15-year relationship.

He became suspicious she was having an affair and repeatedly threatened to kill her over the phone.

On February 17 this year Emma appeared happier and more relaxed during a family visit despite continued angry phone calls from her estranged husband, the court heard.

In a final phone call to her sister that night, Emma said she was going to bed and was going to bolt the front door.

But at 6.30am the next morning a neighbour was woken by the sound of a crashing noise as the front door was forced in by Forrester.

Police arrived at the house at 265 Markfield Road, New Addington, to find Forrester walking out of the house with a carton of fruit juice in his hand.

He held out his bloodied hands to be cuffed and said: “My wife's in there, I've killed her.”

Mrs Forrester was found lying dead with a large open wound to the right side of her neck.

She had also been stabbed in the stomach, arms, hands and head. A meat cleaver and a kitchen knife were found nearby.

Forrester made no comment in police interview but told officers he had been drinking and taking cocaine.

He said in a prepared statement: “I felt totally devastated and humiliated by what she had done to me. I felt that I was watching somebody else attacking Emma. It was as though I had no control of what I was doing.”

In an emotional statement to the court, the victim's sister Liza said she, her mother Frances and father Robert had been devastated by the murder.

She added: “Life will never be the same for any of us again.”

Forrester buried his head in his hands and wept during the hearing.

The Common Serjeant of London Judge Brian Barker told Forrester: 'You committed a terrible act and it is a burden you will have to carry with you for the rest of your life.

“This is a tragic killing of a young mother.”