'No child should ever lose their mother in such a cruel way': Man gets life for murdering wife in Cork

Deepa Dinamani’s grieving family in India describe unbearable pain after her husband slashed her throat at their Wilton home

The late Deepa Dinamani was described as 'the heart of our family' by her brother in her family's victim impact statement on Friday. Picture: Jim Coughlan

The brutal murder of a beautiful young woman in Wilton in Cork caused the greatest devastation some 8,000 kilometres away in Kerala, where her Indian family feels the daily pain of her loss. a court heard on Friday.

As 43-year-old Regin Rajan was given the mandatory life sentence on Friday at the Central Criminal Court in Cork for murdering his wife – 38-year-old Deepa Dinamani – by slashing her throat, a picture emerged of what life is now like for her family.