Father says he ‘lost the love of his life’ as his son is jailed for chopping mum’s head off

A failed musician who decapitated his mother and put her severed head in the freezer  has been jailed for at least 19 years. Philip Tarver, 47, was wearing a frilly negligee when he killed frail Angela Tarver, 86, with an ornamental sword 32.4cm in length. His father Colin, 84, managed to disarm him and when police arrived at the family home Tarver emerged waving a small Union Jack flag and announced: ‘I surrender.’ Officers found Mrs Tarver’s head in the…