21 years for killer of talent show singer

An ex-soldier who murdered his Britain’s Got Talent star girlfriend after ‘exploding’ with rage because she would not have sex with him was jailed for at least 21 years. Desmond Sylva, 41, leapt on Simonne Kerr as she lay in bed wearing just her underwear before pinning the 31-year-old on the floor, slashing her throat and stabbing her another 70 times to her face and neck. He then washed the blood off, changed his clothes and draped the duvet cover…