A PORTUGESE factory worker who cut his pregnant girlfriend's throat in a jealous rage has been charged with killing his new girlfriend in the Netherlands.

Hugo Quintas, then aged 25, killed Hayley Richards, 23, at her flat in Trowbridge, on June 11 2005. She was two months pregnant.

After being convicted at Bristol Crown Court, he was jailed for a minimum of 18 years.

He was deported from Wandsworth Prison back to his native Portugal in 2014 where he was released early.

It is reported that he then moved to Holland, where he has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 26-year-old woman on December 8.

In his trial in March 2006, the jury at Bristol Crown Court took two hours to reach a guilty verdict.

Less than a week before her death, Ms Richards had reported Quintas to Wiltshire Police after he attacked her.

His friend, Sergio da Cunha, 30, who was accused of washing Quintas' blood-stained clothes and then helping him to catch a flight to Portugal, was found not guilty of perverting the course of justice.

As the verdict was read out, members of Miss Richards' family cheered and shouted "yes". Some burst into tears.

Christina Richards, Hayley’s mum, said at the time: “I will never forgive him. He’s broken our hearts.”

It is understood that police have contacted members of Hayley's family to inform them of the latest development.

Quintas, who arrived in England from Porto in 2003, had tried to strangle his lover of 10 months after she threw him out of her flat six days before he eventually killed her.

She told officers she was "petrified" of her boyfriend and feared he would "go mad" if he found out she had reported him to the police.

Wiltshire Constabulary failed to arrest Quintas - who claimed the attack was her fault - despite her warnings.

The force's handling of Miss Richards' complaint was investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.