Sri Lanka, Jan. 15 -- A husband has admitted stabbing his ex-wife to death on a quiet suburban street. Sri Lankan-born Thisara Weragalage, 37, originally denied killing his former wife, Nirodha Niwunhella, 32, but later pleaded guilty to murder.

Nirodha was found dead lying between two cars in Riverside, Cardiff, leaving the community 'shocked and saddened' at the tragedy on August 21 last year.

Paramedics rushed to the scene on South Morgan Place at 7.37 a.m., but were unable to save Nirodha, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Weragalage was arrested in connection with her death shortly after, but he denied her murder. However, he later admitted possessing a knife on the day of the killing, and appearing at Newport Crown Court toda...