Arnis Zalkalns (left) married Rudite when she was just 19. Arnis Zalkalns, 41, served seven years in jail for killing his wife Rudite Zalkalns, 22, in his homeland in 1998, according to Latvian state police. Alice Poppy Madeleine Gross was an English girl who was murdered in London. If someone does something like that completely drunk and he's so jealous that he can't control his feelings, then you could also forgive him. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Alice Gross: Latvian builder suspect is a convicted murderer. Despite her mother’s concerns over his temper she agreed to marry him at the tender age of 19. Arnis Zalkalns is the prime suspect in the hunt for missing Alice Gross, 14, who was last seen on August 28. Arnis Zalkalns, 41, from Latvia confessed to taking his wife Rudite, to a forest and attacking her with a steel pole and eight-inch knife, in 1998. And even when she told her mother the truth, she was too scared to report her husband to the police. He pleaded guilty in court the following year and was initially sentenced to 12 years, which was reduced to eight after an appeal. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. In 2009, Zalkalns was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in London. Bridgerton fans mourn Regé-Jean Page's exit, The women fighting South Africa's 'infodemic', Loss, death and grieving in the public eye, Belgian police 'are supposed to protect us' VideoBelgian police 'are supposed to protect us', Why resurrecting the woolly mammoth could rescue our planet, ‘Time is of the essence’ to save our oceans. Read about our approach to external linking. Latvian builder Arnis Zalkalns - who had served a prison sentence for murdering his wife in his home country - is believed to have killed Alice in a sexually motivated attack. Her mother Viktorija Zalkalns, 70, told the Mail that the seven-year sentence he served for the murder was disgracefully short. He was last seen a … Image caption Arnis Zalkalns had killed his wife in Latvia . He is believed to have moved to the UK in 2007, after serving a seven year jail term for the murder of his wife, Rudite. But he soon became the prime suspect after detectives found his wife’s diary in which she described her despair. Today his wife’s mother Viktorija Zalkalns, 70, condemned the seven-year sentence he served as disgracefully short. And after the birth of their daughter Elvira in February 1995 the relationship deteriorated further. "Everyone is looking for a sensation, where he is shown as a monster, a villain. Arnis Zalkalns was seen cycling down a path shortly after the missing schoolgirl and has not been home since September 3. He served only seven. At one stage, she had to go to court to fight for custody of the child after Arnis instructed lawyers from his prison cell to tell a judge that she was an unfit carer. Alice, 14, from Hanwell, west London, was last seen on 28 August next to the Grand Union Canal. 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