Inverness man stabbed to death by girlfriend's ex
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A jealous husband who brutally stabbed his estranged wife's new partner to death in an attack at her home has been jailed for life.
Anthony Angelosanto sent messages to his son stating "am going to kill him tonight" and that he was going to kill "mum's boyfriend" shortly before he armed himself with a large knife and launched the fatal assault on Roderick 'Roddy' Georgeson.
A judge told Angelosanto: "From the evidence in the trial it is clear that you felt extreme anger towards your estranged wife and jealousy of her partner Mr Georgeson."
Lord Beckett said: "These emotions offer no excuse whatsoever for what you did on August 14 in 2021."
Angelosanto (50) inflicted two deep knife wounds on his victim who suffered catastrophic bleeding following an injury to his abdomen.
Lord Beckett ordered that Angelosanto, who has previous convictions for violence, must serve at least 20 years in prison before he can apply to the parole board for release on licence.
The judge said the court must do what it can to deter "premeditated and violent murder". He said he had read "moving and harrowing" statements provided by Mr Georgeson's father and partner.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Angelosanto's wife had reported previous incidents to police before the murder and that Angelosanto gave an undertaking to officers not to contact or approach her and Mr Georgeson or to go to her address in Lingerwood Road, in Newtongrange, Midlothian, before he carried out the fatal attack.
Angelosanto denied murdering Mr Georgeson (41) at his ex wife's home on August 14 in 2021 and lodged a special defence claiming that he acted in self defence, but was unanimously found guilty of the murder.
Lord Beckett told jurors that they had returned "a decisive verdict" and added it was "one which is absolutely justified on the evidence you have heard".
Advocate depute John Keenan KC told the jury at his trial: "Quite clearly, in this case, there is sufficient persuasive and overwhelming evidence to allow you to convict the accused."
Angelosanto's former wife, Christine Moyes, told the court that she was married to him for 10 years but was in a relationship with him before then.
Ms Moyes (42) said she separated from him in February 2021 and divorced him in October last year. After the split with her then husband in 2021 she met Mr Georgeson in May that year and later formed a relationship with him.
Mr Georgeson, from Inverness, was living in Edinburgh and working as a bar manager at a hotel in the city.
She said that Angelosanto was persistently trying to contact her through phone calls, emails and messages. She said there was "quite a lot" about the communications that gave her cause for concern and told the court: "I did report these numerous times to the police."
Mr Keenan asked the mother of two whether she was aware whether Angelosanto knew anything about her relationship with Mr Geogeson and she replied: "The last four weeks or so of Roddy's life, he knew."
She said initially there was abuse directed at her calling her names and then there were threats directed towards Mr Georgeson.
The court heard that the weekend before the fatal attack Miss Moyes and Mr Georgeson went out to a gastropub for champagne and oysters before returning to her bungalow. A bedroom window was left open during the hot weather.
Ms Moyes said: "We were just chatting in bed and the next thing Anthony's head popped through the window."
The self employed driving instructor closed the window, locked it and contacted police in the morning.
During another incident they were leaving the house when Angelosanto appeared from a neighbour's garden and tried to attack Mr Georgeson saying: "Don't come back to this house. You are not wanted."
After the fatal attack Ms Moyes told police that she saw Angelosanto make "a plunging motion towards" Mr Georgeson's side in her garden. He was trying to get her dog, Sally, in.
She said in a statement to officers: "I don't remember hearing anything being said."
She said that after the attack Mr Georgeson told her he loved her, asked that she phone the police and call his friend, before closing his eyes.
The court heard that Mr Georgeson had given a statement to police following one of the incidents when he was threatened with the words: "Roddy, you are getting killed."
Internet searches were found on Angelosanto's computer that were made in the run up to the attack for Mr Georgeson, murder and "will a stalking charge get you the jail".
After the attack gas engineer Angelosanto returned to an address he was staying at Newtongrange as a lodger before leaving, wearing different clothing and carrying a rucksack.
