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A woman who was stabbed to death by her husband before being dumped in a river previously fled to a police station with her pet rabbits in a desperate bid to escape him.
Holly Bramley was fatally wounded by Nicholas Metson before the 'evil monster' cut her body into more than 200 pieces and dumped her remains in a 'bag for life' in a river.
Today the 28-year-old, who killed Ms Bramley's rabbits before butchering his wife, was told he would service a minimum of 19 years and 316 days behind bars before being considered for parole.
The death of 'beautiful and kind' 26-year-old came after the helpless victim had already ran to officers and had confided that her partner had killed her hamsters by putting them in a flood blender and microwave oven.
On another occasion the killer dumped Ms Bramley's new puppy in a washing machine - leaving her to discover the dead dog inside with the drum still spinning, a source told the Mail.
The court also heard throughout Metson's trial that the killer had joked to the police that his wife 'might be hiding under the bed' when officers desperately tried to search for the woman.
Officers had gone to their home after receiving worried calls about the animal-lovers welfare after her 16-month marriage to Metson splintered.
Holly, who was stabbed at least four times by her evil husband
Metson - who was sentenced to 19 years today - is said to have put his wife's puppy in the washing machine to kill it
Nicholas Metson and Holly Bramley on their wedding day
Today Metson, 28, was told he would service a minimum of 19 years and 316 days behind bars before being considered for parol.
During the conclusion of a sentencing hearing this morning, His Honour Judge Simon Hirst said it was an aggravating feature that Metson never gave a reason for how and why he had killed his wife.
'Holly's family and friends will never know how and why she was killed,' the judge said, adding that the fact Ms Bramley was cut in to 224 parts was also an aggravating feature and could not be explained by Metson's autism.
'That number of parts was far from necessary to remove Holly's parts from your flat,' Judge Hirst added.
The court heard Ms Bramley was stabbed four times after being grabbed by Metson and placed in a headlock.
Judge Hirst said it was clear a bite mark on Metson's arm - which he showed to police to support a false claim that he had been the victim of domestic abuse - was caused by his victim as she desperately fought his vice-like grip as she was knifed in the bedroom.
She was dismembered in the bathroom 'with a number of tools', the judge said.
The court heard Metson kept the body at the couple's 14th floor tower block flat in Lincoln for almost a week, before paying school friend Joshua Hancock £100 to help him dispose of the remains.
Judge Hirst said the pair drove with bags full of remains to the village of Bassingham, ten miles away, where they were dumped into the River Witham.
Victim impact statements read out at Lincoln Crown Court by Ms Bramley's mother and siblings indicated Ms Bramley, a triplet, had been
