Habibur Masum, 26, launched the “ferocious” attack on 27-year-old Kulsuma Akter after tracing her to a refuge where she went to escape his “violence, jealousy and controlling behaviour”, a court heard.
She suffered more than 25 knife injuries in the attack after Masum found her through her phone location and confronted her in a street in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on 6 April last year.Masum was arrested 150 miles away in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, after a four-day manhunt.
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possession of a knife but denied murder, claiming he had intended to kill himself in front of his wife but “totally lost control”.
Masum was also convicted of one count of assault, making threats to kill, and one charge of stalking. He was cleared of another charge of assault.
He had no visible reaction as the verdicts were read out at Bradford Crown Court on Friday. Judge Mr Justice Cotter told him he will be sentenced on 22 July, when the minimum term for his life sentence will be decided.
The court heard Masum had previously held a knife to his wife’s throat and threatened to kill her, while Ms Akter told a social worker she “believed that one day her husband would kill her”.
He was subject to court bail conditions ordering him to keep away from her at the time of the killing.
