Man jailed 7½ years for stabbing ex-partner before daughter

A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for the attempted murder of his former partner, whom he repeatedly stabbed in front of their young daughter on an Edinburgh street last year. Osarenkhoe Atutie was handed an extended sentence of nine years, comprising the custodial term followed by 18 months of supervision, at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.

Lord Cubie described the assault on Victory Atutie as a sustained attack involving the repeated use of a knife on a defenceless victim. The judge stated she could have died and that her survival was due to a combination of luck and the intervention of three passersby who disarmed and restrained Atutie until police arrived. The attack, which the judge said was motivated by Atutie's anger over contact with his daughter and his wife's failure to respond to emails, was carried out with a degree of foresight, as he had travelled from London to Edinburgh.

The court heard the couple had married in Nigeria before moving to the UK, where they had a daughter and initially lived in London. Following a relationship breakdown, Ms. Atutie moved to Edinburgh with the child. The attack occurred...