A 47-year-old man who stabbed himself 22 times after murdering his wife and 12-year-old daughter has been jailed for life.

Peter Nash, of Heath Estate, Great Waldingfield, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court for sentencing for the deaths of Jillu and Louise Nash last September. 

A jury took just over two hours to convict him last Friday. 

At a hearing on Wednesday, Nash was given a 40 year life imprisonment.

East Anglian Daily Times: Peter Nash appeared for sentencing on Wednesday, May 17.Peter Nash appeared for sentencing on Wednesday, May 17. (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

During Nash’s three week trial, the court heard that the body of his wife was found under a quilt on the living room floor. 

She had been asphyxiated and appeared to have had a T-shirt stuffed in her mouth while Louise died from a stab wound to her abdomen.

East Anglian Daily Times: Peter Nash was found guilty of the murder of Jillu and Louise Nash. Peter Nash was found guilty of the murder of Jillu and Louise Nash. (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

The court has heard that Mrs Nash had been having an affair for eight months with a man she worked with at Homebase in Sudbury and had been preparing to leave Nash and set up home with her lover.

East Anglian Daily Times: Police at the scene in September last year. Police at the scene in September last year. (Image: Charlotte Bond, Newsquest)

Nash, who defended himself, claimed he had “lawfully” killed his wife because of her behaviour and killed his daughter because he was worried about what would happen to her.

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