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This is the sickening moment a 'jealous' thug tries to kill his ex-girlfriend by using a knife to slash at her throat and stab her nine times.
Sriram Ambarla, 25, attacked his former partner in a fit of rage, stabbing her repeatedly, even as she collapsed to the floor, in front of other terrified diners inside a restaurant on Barking Road in East Ham in March 2022.
The court heard Ambarla met the woman studying engineering in India in 2016, but they split in around 2019 at a time when Ambarla was physically abusive and threatened to kill himself if she did not stay with him.
After days of turning up at her house unexpectedly and attempts to blackmail her into marriage, Ambarla eventually travelled to the East London restaurant where she worked and tried to kill her.
The Old Bailey heard that in the moments before his vicious attack, which left the woman in critical care for nearly a month, Ambarla made a number of searches about 'killing a human' as he sat in the restaurant waiting for a time to strike.
The wife-beater - described as 'jealous, possessive, and determined' by the judge - stood in a green linen shirt and showed no emotion as he was jailed for 16 years and banned from ever contacting his victim again on Thursday.
Sriram Ambarla, 25, was jailed for 16 years after he tried to kill his ex-girlfriend using a knife to slash at her throat and stab her nine times
Ambarla was caught on CCTV attacking his former partner in a fit of rage, stabbing her repeatedly, even as she collapsed to the floor
Ambarla can seen here holding a knife at his victims throat before leaving her in a pool of blood inside a restaurant on Barking Road in East Ham in March 2022
The court heard that in 2022, after splitting up Ambarla and his victim both came to study at the University of East London.
Despite no longer being together, Ambarla continued his threats to kill himself and felt he had a hold over her due to a £15,000 debt owed by her brother.
After bombarding the victim with several texts and turning up at her home uninvited, Ambarla eventually travelled to the East London restaurant where she worked and tried to kill her.
On March 5, 2022, Ambarla arrived at the Hyderabad Wala restaurant on Barking Road in East Ham, armed with a knife that, he claimed, he intended to turn on himself in the event he was rejected.
Having taken a seat at the table, his ex-girlfriend treated him like any other customer and served him food while he sat there making disturbing searches on his phone.
Prosecutor Ben Holt told the court there were a number of searches about 'killing a human'.
They included: 'What happens if a foreigner murders in the UK', 'how to kill human with a knife', 'how easy is it to kill someone with a knife', and 'how to kill someone instantly with a knife'.
Regularly ordering items to get her to come over, Ambarla told police he snapped after overhearing her saying she wanted to celebrate her break-up.
The victim said he threatened to kill her if she did not marry him, and told him 'she did not want to live by his rules'. It was at this point he pulled out the knife and stabbed her repeatedly, continuing even as she collapsed to the floor.
The court was show this footage of the attack after he arrived at the Hyderabad Wala restaurant on Barking Road in East Ham armed with a knife
He can be seen talking to the victim as other shocked diners watch on in horror
Ambarla attacked his former partner in a fit of rage, stabbing her repeatedly, even as she collapsed to the floor
He can later be seen on CCTV raising the knife at restaurant workers as they tried to intervene
Another diner also tried to get the knife off Ambarla before he was also threatened
At Thursday's hearing, Judge Philip Katz KC was clear that Ambarla had brought the knife with the intention to murder, telling him: 'That she did not die, is no thanks to you. She was within a hair's breadth of dying at your hands in a public and terrifying way.'
In the aftermath of the attack, Ambarla left his victim with the knife in the restaurant and approached police officers, telling them 'I have stabbed my girlfriend, I have stabbed my girlfriend'.
He would later tell police in his interview he wanted to be sent back to India so he could be put to death.
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