Wife and lover jailed for two decades over stabbing murder of husband

An Adelaide woman and her lover will spend more than 20 years behind bars for the murder of her husband Steven Hinrichsen in 2018.

Tanya Hinrichsen conspired to murder her husband and has been handed a 22-year non-parole period in the Supreme Court.

Justice Sophie David said her lover Gavin Scott Skinner stabbed the man more than 50 times and will spend at least 24 years in prison.

A third man, Robert John Thrupp, will remain in jail for at least seven years after he was found guilty of manslaughter.

Mr Hinrichsen, who used a wheelchair, was found stabbed to death at his Morphett Vale home in December 2018.

During sentencing submissions this month, the Supreme Court heard the murder was carried out with an “extreme level of violence”.

Prosecutor Carmen Matteo previously told the court the victim had been stabbed to death by a person or people who did not have to force entry into his premises.

She said those responsible had “such venom for this man that they left a smashed photograph of him on top of his bleeding mangled body“.

More to come.