A man who killed and dismembered his wife’s ex-lover was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in prison without parole.

“I feel for what you went through as a child,” said District Judge Jacqueline Bluth, after hearing testimony about Anthony Newton’s difficult upbringing. “I honestly do. And if I could take any of that away, I would. But one thing I cannot do is let the blood of a third person be on my shoulders.”

She then sentenced Newton, 46, to life without parole for killing Ulyses Cesar Molina, whose partial remains were discovered in a vacant lot in 2016.

Newton previously served prison time for killing a woman named Deborah Harvey in Henderson in 1996 when he was a teenager. In that case, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Jurors in February found Newton guilty of all counts at his third trial in connection with the slaying of Molina.…