Overview
- Maiksner, 49, received a life sentence with a 24-year minimum on Monday, which the CPS said adjusts to 23 years and 22 days for time already served.
- The court heard he smothered 45-year-old Frances Obiefuleh with tape, with a post-mortem finding injuries from neck and chest compression.
- He left the home in Havant and, hours later, told a highways officer on the M40 near High Wycombe that he had killed his partner and gave her address.
- Jurors saw CCTV tracing his movements, heard reports of loud bangs from the house around 10pm, and reviewed DNA showing she fought back, leaving scratches on him.
- The jury also convicted him of child cruelty, and police said the trial proceeded in his absence.