Jealous 20-year-old son killed mother's 28-year-old toyboy lover

An over-protective son was jailed for life today after killing his mother’s toyboy lover with a kitchen knife.

Manchester Crown Court heard how Ben Edgar, 20, was jealous of his 43-year-old mother's partner Mark Wood, 28, overtaking him as man of the house.

Edgar killed Mr Wood just weeks after telling one family friend: 'I swear to God, if he goes near my mum and I’m here, I will kill him - I will do the time for him.'

He then dialled 999 telling an operator: 'You best shut the f*** up and get here or I’m gonna murder you all.'

Mr Wood was stabbed in the neck with a 37cm kitchen knife and died later in hospital.

Edgar was said to have been furious after his mother Samantha Bird, 43, claimed Wood had beaten her up during an argument at their family home in Little Lever, Bolton, Greater Manchester.

It was claimed he also resented the fact Wood lived at the property and believed that he, as Mrs Bird’s son, 'should be the only man in the house'.