A poet who fled from the Nazis was stabbed to death by her own 'bully ' stepson during a furious family row at her picturesque country cottage . Writer Anne Cluysenaar , 78 , who fled to Britain just before the outbreak of Second World War , was murdered with a kitchen knife by Timothy Jackson at her home in Usk , South Wales after he developed an 'irrational hatred ' against his father 's wife . Following the murderous attack , the 49-year-old , who 'drank like a fish and became a wild animal ' , told police he had killed the elderly woman because she 'tormented and taunted ' him . Writer Anne Cluysenaar , 78 , ( right ) who fled to Britain just before the outbreak of Second World War , was murdered by her stepson Timothy Jackson ( left ) at her home in Usk , South Wales during a family row . Just hours before her death , she had e-mailed a friend saying Jackson had made 'an appalling verbal attack and was threatening to become physical ' . When police arrived at the property , they found the university lecturer with fatal knife wounds to her neck , shoulder and back . Jackson , 49 , has now been jailed for life at Cardiff Crown Court , with a minimum tariff of 19 years , after pleading guilty to murder . Her death came just one day after she celebrated her 39th wedding anniversary with her 77-year-old husband Walter . The court heard how Mrs Cluysenaar , a university lecturer , moved from Belgium when Hitler 's armies were closing in . She started a life in the UK and eventually became secretary of the Usk Valley Association , editor and poetry editor of Scintilla and a visiting teacher of creative writing at Cardiff University . But the court heard the peace of the idyllic home she shared with her husband was shattered when her stepson visited from his home in Sheffield . The court heard how Jackson had felt like ' a disappointment and a failure ' because his highly-educated stepmother was so well known in academic circles . The murder took place at Mrs Cluysenaar 's idyllic country cottage in Usk , South Wales . But , sentencing him , the judge he had been supported 'materially and emotionally ' by the couple . Judge Neil Bidder told Jackson , a skilled carpenter : 'Your father and stepmother supported you both materially and emotionally . 'But you appear to have developed an irrational hatred of her and the murder was particularly brutal . ' Prosecutor Roger Thomas QC had told the court how Jackson picked up the kitchen knife from a sideboard 'five feet away ' during an argument with his stepmother . He said : 'The knife was clearly a household knife and was in the room and when the murder took place . 'It was obviously picked up in the course of the incident that took place . ' Cardiff Crown Court heard that in the days before the murder , Jackson had been shouting and yelling at his stepmother and was 'choking with anger ' . His father described his son as a strange character and a bully who 'drank like a fish and became a wild animal ' . The Belgium-born writer was just three when she arrived Britain after her family fled the Nazis during World War Two . She started writing poetry as an eight-year-old - and went on to write hundreds of poems in her life which were printed in literary journals and magazines . She had also lectured in literature and linguistics at universities across the country including Manchester , Dublin and Aberdeen . Mrs Cluysenaar moved to the smallholding with her husband Walt and had lived there for more than 25 years before her brutal murder in November last year . Detective Chief Inspector Roger Fortey , of Gwent Police , welcomed the sentence passed by the court . He added : 'Although today 's sentencing concludes formal legal process it will not ease their sense of loss , however I hope it will provide a little comfort to them as they move on with their lives . ' Following her death , Professor Martin Coyle - of the university 's School of English , Communication and Philosophy - said Mrs Jackson was highly regarded both as an academic and as a writer . He said : ' A hugely experienced teacher , she brought talent and understanding to her creative writing classes at Cardiff and was enormously supportive of students . 'In recent years she was part of the Usk Valley Vaughan Association and worked with Dr Peter Thomas on the Vaughan magazine Scintilla . 'Anne loved Wales and all will miss her wisdom and fine writing . '
Anne Cluysenaar , 19 years , fled to Britain just before Second World War outbreak . Stepson carried out attack in Usk , South Wales , due to 'irrational hatred ' University lecturer found with stab wounds to neck , shoulder and back . Timothy Jackson , 49 , has been jailed for life , with a minimum of 78 .