Summary Daniel Jones, 27, strangled his South Korean ex-girlfriend to death.
LONDON (AFP) - Daniel Jones, 27, had pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter.
He asphyxiated Da In Lee at his flat on April 8 last year following a row about domestic chores.
Lee, 22, was studying international relations at Aston University in Birmingham, Britain s second city.
Passing sentence at Wolverhampton Crown Court in central England, judge John Wait condemned Jones for his "callous" behaviour after the killing, which included attempts to use Lee s credit card.
He accepted the jury s findings that Jones did not intend to cause death or life-threatening injury.
"But this was an intentional assault: it was intended to frighten her, to terrify her, to demonstrate control over her.
"When you realised that by that dangerous and violent act you had stopped her breathing... you didn t seek help for her -- you covered her body, left her and sought to avoid responsibility."
Wait said Lee was a "highly intelligent and well-liked" student. Police said afterwards that her family in South Korea were "devastated" by her death.
The judge ordered that Jones be supervised for a further period of five years after serving his sentence.
