An OnlyFans model who dubbed herself ‘Fake Barbie’ has been sentenced to life in prison after stabbing her boyfriend through the heart. Abigail White, 24, was earlier found guilty of plunging a knife into father-of-four Bradley Lewis during a row in March last year.
The adult star, who earned up to £50,000 on the racy app, had "murderous intent" when she killed her lover, and has been ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years behind bars. She was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court by Hon Mr Justice Peter Donald Fraser on Friday, the Mirror reports.
White carried out the deadly attack after the couple, who had three children together, were seen on CCTV rowing in a pub. The trial heard White 'thrust' the knife into his chest, but she claimed she picked up the blade to "shock and scare" him and did not realise what she had done until it was too late.
She had already admitted manslaughter but denied intentionally killing him but a jury today rejected her defence of diminished responsibility and found her guilty of murder.
Avon and Somerset Police issued a statement following today's conviction, criticising White's "cruel lie" and "callous and selfish actions".
Senior Investigating Officer DI Ben Lavender said: "Bradley was a much-loved young man, a father, with his whole life ahead of him. Abigail White cruelly snatched that life away by her callous and selfish actions.
"In her initial account, she tried to claim Bradley stabbed himself, which was a cruel lie, but due to the evidence gathered by our team she admitted a charge of manslaughter at a previous court hearing.
"This trial was held because the prosecution maintained she had murdered Bradley, and this was backed up by the jury's verdict.
"We were determined to carry out a thorough and painstaking investigation to achieve justice for Bradley - with our team of officers and police staff gathering and reviewing evidence, including CCTV footage, an extensive number of social media posts and voice messages, as well as taking more than 200 statements and carrying out seven video-recorded interviews."
He added: "My thoughts, and the thoughts of the whole policing team, are with Bradley's family, who have shown tremendous dignity and courage throughout."
Hon Mr Justice Peter Donald Fraser told her: "No sentence this court can assign will ever bring Bradly Lewis back. He told you he wanted to leave you.
"Not only will your three children grow up without a father, but they will grow up knowing their mother murdered their father. The court heard victim personal statements and Bradley has obviously left an enormous void in all their lives.
"They all spoke of how popular, friendly and caring he was. It was his misfortune he was in a relationship with you because you are a controlling person and you are also very violent - you had stabbed him on previous occasions.
"You threatened to kill him regularly and he told friends he was scared of you and wanted to leave you."
A statement was read out by Bradley Lewis' father Steve outside Bristol Crown Court. He said: "Being here talking to you today is something that you never expect to happen to your family, but now that it has, it puts into perspective what other people go through and my thoughts, as they always have, reach out to them.
"I do not feel that we have received justice as we have now got a life sentence. Brad's death has brought so much sadness, not just to his family, but the many people that knew him.
"Proof of this was shown by the hundreds of people that attended his funeral and events that were arranged in his memory. His popularity has also been shown by the memorials that are on display at various locations in South Gloucestershire.
"We are in a sense lucky as a family to have, and still receive, overwhelming support from everyone that knew Brad, or knows us, and I thank those people for that."
But at the end of the trial, the CPS publicly released chilling audio footage that had been played to the jury, where White is heard saying: "one of us is gonna end up dead" and "I fully believe I am capable of killing him."
She is also heard saying she can "only get the truth out of him" when "I f**king stab him." She says: "He only tells me the truth when he thinks I am going to f*ing kill him. Like when I get a knife out. Like when I f*king stab him."
During the trial she said he had 'never intended' to stab him but admitted to initially lying to police about the attack.
The couple had been arguing about an earlier drunken fight with friends while visiting a local pub. She claimed she was angry at Bradley for 'failing to stand up for her' in the pub row - which had seen her be punched to the floor.
She told the jury: "We were arguing, and then he was pushing me a bit. I went into the kitchen and saw a knife on the side. I picked it up, and walked back to Brad.
"I went over to him to shock him, to scare him with a knife. Before I knew it, I'd stabbed him." After the attack, which White claims to be unable to remember, Brad looked 'in shock' and began spurting blood.
She added: "It was already over before I noticed. I helped him take his clothes off(to stem the bleeding), we did it together. I helped him move into the kitchen.
"I remember using his top on the wound when we were in the kitchen. He just kind of sat down, and then his body lay down and he was on his back."
When questioned by police, White initially claimed that Brad had inflicted the injury upon himself. Admitting that was a lie to jurors, she added: "I wish I had told the truth from the beginning. I was scared about what was going to happen to me, to Brad and our children."
The jury was also told about the couple's "toxic" relationship, including periods where both partners had been unfaithful prior to the fatal attack at their home in Kingswood, Glos., on March 25 this year. The trial also heard Bradley tell a pal "I'm dead when I get home" just minutes before she stabbed him to death.
He made the haunting premonition after White accused him of 'letting a man hit her' during a row at the Horseshoe pub in Kingswood A jury was shown CCTV footage of White screaming in the face of Bradley in a pub beer garden just minutes before the attack.
Jurors also read text messages from White threatening to kill herself if Bradley left her and threatening to stab him if he sees another girl. One said: "I swear to God, I'll stab you." Another message from White to Bradley read: "I'll stab myself" and she later tells him: "Get in that car with Anna and I'll get you stabbed."
Another message from White to Bradley read: "I'm going to stab you in the f***ing neck." The trial also heard how White would feature on the adult website OnlyFans either "naked or semi naked, on her own or with Bradley.
The jury was told she made 50k in the first year until more people became aware and more people were doing it and her earnings dropped. The court was told Bradley knew she was doing it and had no problem doing it.
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