GLASGOW MAN JAILED FOR LIFE FOR BRUTAL WIFE MURDER
Alan Humphrey, a 56-year-old man, was convicted of brutally murdering his wife Angela Humphrey at her flat in the Barmulloch area of Glasgow.The attack occurred on 21 February when Humphrey inflicted severe violence upon his wife, punching, kicking, throttling, and stamping on her.
Her body was discovered in the flat days later after relatives called the police.
During his trial at the High Court in Glasgow, Humphrey denied murdering his wife, but the jury found him guilty in just over an hour.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 19 years before he can apply for parole.
The judge, Lady Rae, described the attack as "truly a very brutal and violent attack on a defenceless woman." She added, "After you battered her mercilessly you abandoned her.
You used your hands, your feet, you stamped on her." Humphrey showed no remorse, and his violent tendencies were highlighted by his previous convictions for violence, including two High Court convictions and one at Crown Court in England.
It was also revealed that he once stood trial in 2000 for the alleged murder of a police janitor, which resulted in a not proven verdict.
The court heard that Humphrey married Angela in 2010, and their relationship was described as "stormy." Following the murder, Humphrey boasted to two pub regulars that he had killed his wife, saying, "I think I've killed her," after they asked about her whereabouts.
This remark was made in the Black Bull pub in Glasgow's Gallowgate area.
The cause of Angela's death was head and neck injuries.
Her daughters, Jacqueline and Amanda, were concerned when they could not contact her for several days before her body was found.
