A former UKIP councillor who murdered his Scots wife after he had an affair has been jailed for life.

Stephen Searle strangled his Glasgow-born wife Anne at their home in Stowmarket, Suffolk, on December 30.

The couple met when she was a teenager and Searle was serving at the Marines Condor base near Arbroath.

The 64-year-old was found guilty by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court and was sentenced to life in prison, serving a minimum of 14 years.

In a 999 call that was played to jurors, Searle could be heard telling police: "I've just killed my wife."

Prosecutor Andrew Jackson said Searle is likely to have placed his wife in a choke hold he had knowledge of from his military training following "yet another row".

A post-mortem examination recorded that Mrs Searle died of compression of the neck.

Sentencing him, The Honourable Mr Justice Green said: "Your actions have cause devastating waves of pain and anguish to crash through your entire family."

Searle, who had been married for 45 years and had three sons together, looked straight ahead and showed no reaction as his fate was read out.

The couple's marriage had been under strain since Mrs Searle discovered in June 2017 that her husband had been having an affair with their son Gary's partner, Anastasia Pomiateeva.

Ms Pomiateeva was the mother of at least one of their grandchildren.

Forensic pathologist Dr Benjamin Swift said Mrs Searle would have lost consciousness after about eight to 15 seconds of pressure being applied to her neck.