A dangerous "charmer" was jailed for life today for the "brutal" murder of his girlfriend after becoming obsessed with the idea that she was having an affair on Facebook.
Kane Boyce was heard to shout "log on, log on" as he attacked Paula Newman, 20, when she refused to hand over a password to one of her accounts.
The 34-year-old, who admitted Ms Newman's manslaughter, was found guilty after a trial at the Old Bailey of murdering the petite woman on November 12, 2013.
There were gasps from the public gallery as the verdict was announced.
Sentencing Boyce to serve a minimum of 20 years, judge Paul Worsley QC said: "The attack was a sustained and brutal assault using fists and feet and your superior force."
Boyce, wearing a pink shirt and grey blazer, stared straight ahead impassively as he was sentenced.
The jury was told that while Boyce had the ability to charm women, he had a history of being manipulative, controlling and extremely violent to his partners.
On the evening of the murder, he attacked Ms Newman in a car and then followed her as she tried to escape to a nearby field in New Addington, south London.
Neighbours heard "piercing female screams" as he pushed her to the ground, hit her and stamped on her face, causing a major haemorrhage.
Boyce bundled his girlfriend back into his car and drove her to a friend's house where he showered her.
But it was only hours later, as she was slipping in and out of consciousness, that he finally called an ambulance.
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