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30.04.2024 - 16:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The mugshot of a jealous ex-boyfriend who stabbed a mum-of-two in an evil rage has been released. Obert Moyo, 46, has been locked up for life after the brutal murder of his former partner Perseverance Ncube.
On November 10 last year, the brute broke into Ms Ncube's home in Salford, where she lived with her two children, and began strangling her. As Perseverance and two children, aged 10 and 12, then fled in terror, Moyo caught up with them, stabbing her in the heart with a skewer and cruelly leaving her to die.
The pair had been in a relationship for around 18 months before Perseverance, known as 'Percy' to friends, ended it when she discovered Moyo had been seeing other women.
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Despite Ms Ncube telling him that she had moved on and met a new partner, Moyo then began turning up outside her home and 'stalking' her, Manchester Crown Court heard.
At the time of the murder, Moyo was already on licence having been released from prison for a brutal attack on another ex partner. He had been jailed for 14 years after cutting the woman with a knife and strangling her.
On the night of Perseverance's murder, her two children, aged 10 and 12, were woken up in the middle of the night by her screams. Moyo had broken into their home on Dukesgate Grove, Little Hulton. They managed to bravely fight him off, allowing their mother time to escape.
But evil Moyo caught up with the trio, stabbing Ms Ncube, 35, in the heart with 'severe force'. One of Ms Ncube's children laid by her in the street after she was stabbed, while the other child 'prayed for her mother's life'.
At sentencing, her daughter told Moyo:
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