Overview

• A jury at Warwick Crown Court convicted Shanley of murdering Alfred James “Jamie” Corbett on October 1, with sentencing handed down on October 10.
• The judge set a minimum term of 16 years for the life sentence, with two years already served on remand counted toward the tariff.
• Corbett, 34, was stabbed in the chest at his Edmund Road home in Foleshill on September 17, 2024, after an argument about Shanley’s drinking.
• Trial evidence detailed an 11cm wound, a knife found in the kitchen sink, Shanley’s false 999 claim that he arrived already injured, and a request that another woman lie.
• Relatives described Corbett as very much loved and a victim of coercive control, and West Midlands Police said they hope the sentence brings some closure.