A man who 13 years ago murdered his estranged partner by stabbing her some 49 times before the eyes of their seven-year old daughter, will have the chance to apply for a review of his life sentence before the Parole Board in 17 years' time.
In a case that had shocked the country back in 2004, David Norbert Schembri, 41, from Sliema had forced his way into the apartment in San Ġwann where Josette Scicluna was preparing dinner for the couple’s young daughter.
Armed with a revolver, the man had first fired at the lock of the front door and then, upon barging into the flat, grabbed a knife and repeatedly stabbed the woman to death.
Later, he walked out of the apartment and within earshot of a neighbour had shouted; “Now call the police!”
Following the frenzied attack, the man turned himself in at the police station.
Five years later, in 2009, his trial by jury had ended with a guilty verdict and a sentence of life imprisonment with three periods of solitary confinement.
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