Man who murdered his wife of just four months in a frenzied stabbing attack is ...

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An Indian man who slaughtered his new wife, in a 'sustained, purposeful and ruthlessly determined' knife attack after Australia Day drinks in Melbourne, will spend decades behind bars.

Douglas Derick Eustace, 44, met Mary Freeman while on holiday and proposed to her within weeks, so he could return from India to live in Australia.

But their relationship soon soured, with Ms Freeman making plans to leave the marriage once Eustace's permanent visa came through.

They'd started sleeping in separate beds.

But on January 27, 2017, less than four months after their wedding, Eustace murdered his new bride at their Hallam home.