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A man who brutally murdered his estranged wife at her home has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years.  Aubrey Pule Padi, 46, killed Tamara Padi in a 'planned and carefully executed attack' while one of their two young children slept in the next bedroom, a court heard. 

Mr Padi 'lay in wait' for his wife to return home - even setting an alarm on his phone so he could take a nap and 'ensure that your wife would be asleep before you attacked her,' a judge said as he passed a life sentence today. 

Mrs Padi, 43, was described as a 'lovely, bubbly, outgoing, professional woman.' She worked as a carer and was out on a late-night care visit on the night of July 7.  Manchester Crown Court heard that Mrs Padi returned to her Stalybridge home near Manchester at 1.30am with a colleague and they both went to sleep. 

Mr Padi had 'concealed himself' in her home after letting himself in. He was armed with knives and a hammer, and carried gloves and a length of cord, the court was told. After his alarm went off a 3.30am, Mr Padi 'set about' his wife with a metal 'pull up exercise bar,' the court head.