A TEENAGER who stabbed a young mother-of-two to death in a "ludicrous" argument about garlic bread was told today he would serve a minimum of 15 years behind bars.
Jamie Ellis murdered Alami Gotip, 22, in a "brutal and frenzied" knife attack at her home in the Dedridge area of Livingston, West Lothian, while her two young children slept upstairs.
She was stabbed around 40 times after Ellis, 18, "snapped" because she had been "moaning at him" over his failure to make garlic bread for dinner, the High Court in Edinburgh heard.
Jamie Ellis murdered Alami Gotip, 22, in a "brutal and frenzied" knife attack at her home in the Dedridge area of Livingston, West Lothian, while her two young children slept upstairs.
Ellis, who was in an on-off relationship with Ms Gotip, was told by Judge Lord Glennie he had robbed two young children of their mother.
The teenager pleaded guilty to the murder last month.
After being handed a life sentence, he was told he will not be considered for parole until he has spent at least 15 years in custody.
Passing sentence, Lord Glennie said: "Your actions not only took the life of someone you say you loved but deprived two young children of their mother.
She had two young daughters from a previous relationship with Neil Henderson and, despite their relationship ending in November last year, they remained close friends and shared childcare responsibilities.
Ms Gotip and Ellis broke up several times during their relationship and he was jealous of her continued friendship with Mr Henderson.
After the murder, Ellis, crying and with blood and cuts on his hand, went to his cousin's house and told him: "I don't know what I've done."
Ellis later told his mother over the phone: "I have done something bad. I have stabbed Alami."
He added: "It's not that I am a horrible person but s*** happens."
