husband repeatedly stabbed his wife's new lover in busy shopping centre after she taunted him saying 'He's better in bed than you deal with it'

A jilted husband repeatedly stabbed his wife's lover in front of crowds in a shopping centre after she told him his love rival was better in the bedroom.

David Barrow, 46, had followed Nicolette Barrow, his wife of 19 years, to a secret rendez-vous with her lover Jason Earle at a shopping centre in Bristol. 

He confronted the pair and was about to walk away when Mrs Barrow said 'He's better in bed that you, deal with it.' 

Barrow then repeatedly stabbed Mr Earle, causing damage to his liver.

Onlookers at the busy shopping centre in Cribbs Causeway said Barrow appeared to be punching Mr Earle and to have forgotten he had the knife in his hand. After the attack he was seen repeatedly headbutting a wall.

At a hearing at Bristol Crown Court, Barrow, who has two teenage children with his wife, was jailed for four-and-a-half years after he admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. 

The court heard the Barrows had been married for 19 years when Mrs Barrow, 43, met Mr Earle over the internet and the pair started an affair. They met in secret, sometimes even at the family home in Patchway in Bristol. 

Peter Coombe, prosecuting, said on one occasion the Barrows, Mr Earle and his wife met at Strensham services on the M5 in Worcestershire to discuss what had been going on. 

During this meeting Barrow said to Mr Earle: 'It's a good job this wasn't two hours ago.

'I would be banged up by now because I had a knife.

'If I found you in my house you'd have been dead. I know everything about you. I know where you live.'