Preacher jailed for killing wife

AN evangelist who terrorised his family while preaching at revivals was sentenced to life in prison yesterday after being convicted of killing his wife and storing her body in a freezer.

Anthony Hopkins, 39, showed no remorse as he was sentenced in Alabama.

Assistant district attorney Ashley Rich called Hopkins “evil of the worst kind.”

During Hopkins’ trial prosecutors said he killed his 36-year-old wife, Arletha, in 2004 after she caught him molesting a girl, then stuffed her body in a freezer at their home.

Police found it in 2008 after a young woman abused by Hopkins gave him away.

Police arrested Hopkins while he was preaching at a revival in the Alabama town of Jackson.