Jailed: Killer who stabbed housemate to death in jealous rage over ex-girlfriend

Jailed: Killer Bernardas Petreikis
Metropolitan Police
Mark Chandler15 February 2016
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A man who stabbed his housemate to death in a fit of jealous rage over an ex-girlfriend has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years.

Bernardas Petreikis, 23, murdered Mantas Augenas at the home they shared in Shrewsbury Road, Bounds Green, on August 30 last year.

The Old Bailey heard how the Lithuanian national became angry after ex-girlfriend Elianna Podlesnaja admitted a fling with Mr Augenas.

Ms Podlesnaja, who also lived at the house, was locked out of the property by Petreikius, who went to the kitchen, opened the knife drawer and went into his housemate’s bedroom.

When she got back inside, she discovered Mr Augenas had been stabbed multiple times in the chest and back. The 35-year-old died from his injuries before reaching hospital.

Petreikis, who was found guilty of murder on Friday, was today handed a life sentence and told he must serve a minimum of 22 years in jail.

Detective Chief Inspector Jamie Piscopo, of the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "Mr Augenas was a husband and a father.

“The vicious attack inflicted upon him by Petreikis has devastated his family and has deprived his child of her loving father."

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