A “'jealous and possessive” thug slashed his girlfriend’s throat while she was working as a waitress in front of terrified diners.
Sriram Ambarla, 25, met the woman studying engineering in India in 2016, but they split in around 2019 because he was physically abusive and threatened to kill himself if she did not stay with him. In 2022, they both came to study at the University of East London, where Ambarla continued his threats and felt he had a hold over her due to a £15,000 debt owed by her brother.
In March the same year, Ambarla arrived at the Hyderabad Wala restaurant on Barking Road in East Ham, where his ex worked, armed with a knife, MyLondon reported. He took a seat but was left fuming when she treated him like every other customer. In his anger he made disturbing searches on his phone, including “What happens if a foreigner murders in the UK” and “how to kill human with a knife”.
Sriram Ambarla has been jailed for 16 years for the assault (MyLondon/BPM)He snapped when he overheard her saying she wanted to celebrate her break-up. The court was shown horrific footage of the attack, in which the victim was stabbed nine times. Her wounds included a 10cm gash to the neck which penetrated her windpipe, cuts to the chest, arms, back, and abdomen. She survived the ordeal but was left in critical care for nearly a month, where she underwent six surgeries.
In the aftermath of the attack, Ambarla left his victim with the knife in the restaurant and approached police officers, telling them '" have stabbed my girlfriend, I have stabbed my girlfriend". He could not face watching the footage of the sick attack in court where he smashed his head against the dock and pleaded for it to be stopped.
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In a victim impact statement, the victim said: “I really do not think I can forgive Sriram for what he did to me. I just want him to know when that day comes for his release, I want him to have a good life, but I never want to ever see or hear from him again. He's not only hurt me and my family, but all his family too.”
Ambarla could not face watching the attack in court (Twitter)Jailing him for 16 years for attempted murder, with a 12-month concurrent sentence for knife possession, Judge Philip Katz said: "That she did not die, is no thanks to you. She was within a hair's breadth of dying at your hands in a public and terrifying way.
“You grabbed her and then launched a sustained and vicious attack which must have been completely terrifying for her. Even after you reduced her to the floor, having stabbed her already with staff trying to intervene, you repeatedly continued to stab her." He is also banned from making contact with his victim again through an indefinite restraining order.
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