PROSECUTORS are appealing the jail-term handed to a man who murdered his wife after discovering she was having a lesbian affair.
Tony Vita was locked up for a minimum 12 years for the brutal stabbing of Marion Vita, 48, at the family home in Baillieston, Glasgow, last September.
Vita had flown into a rage having learned his wife of 19 years was in a sexual relationship with 34-year-old Elwira Rumniak.
The 47-year-old was convicted of murder at the High Court in Glasgow despite claiming the killing was an accident.
The Crown Office -who Mrs Vita worked for - yesterday revealed they are appealing the sentence handed out by Judge Sean Murphy QC.
This is on the grounds the jail-term was considered "unduly lenient". No date has been fixed for a hearing.
At the sentencing earlier this month, Judge Murphy said the killing was a "truly exceptional case given the unusual circumstances" of what went on.
Jailing Vita for life, he added: "This is an incredibly sad case and has had tragic consequences for everyone who knew her, including you.
"You had lived an exemplary life, but all of that ended when you discovered she was having an affair with another woman."
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