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Murder trial hears woman stabbed boyfriend 24 times during argument

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A Leicestershire mum killed her boyfriend after repeatedly stabbing him during an argument, a jury was told. Michelle Mills left Edward Miller, 20, bleeding to death on the living-room floor of their home in the village of Scalford. The jury at Lincoln Crown Court was told that she stabbed him 24 times with a kitchen knife using such force that the blade broke away from the handle. The court was told Mills, who denies murder, then dialled 999. Paramedics arrived at the scene within minutes and Mr Miller was rushed to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre in an ambulance driven by a police officer allowing the two paramedics to continue their efforts to revive him. But they were unable to save him and he was pronounced dead soon after arriving at the hospital. Yvonne Coen QC, prosecuting, said the couple, who had been in a relationship for two years, often argued but were described as "smitten" with each other and earlier in the evening were seen being affectionate with each other at a Bonfire Night party at the Kings Arms in the village. But back at their home they argued so loudly that a neighbour turned up her television to drown out the sound. Miss Coen said "The neighbour heard banging and crashing which seemed like they were fighting and furniture was being knocked over. Mills was heard crying." Just after 1am Mills made a 999 call telling the operator "Me and my boyfriend just fell out and I've just stabbed him. He's all over the place". Paramedics arrived within minutes to discover Mr Miller bleeding heavily from multiple stab wounds. Mills was arrested and told police "I grabbed the knife and I went mental. I don't know how many times I stabbed him". Miss Coen told the jury: "There is no dispute that Ms Mills stabbed Eddie Miller and that she caused his death. She accepts she is guilty of causing his death. "The prosecution suggests that Ms Mills, in drink, became aggressive and lost her temper with her boyfriend. "She was apparently thinking fondly of her ex during the row with Eddie Miller and texted him in affectionate terms. "After Eddie, on her account, had grabbed her and pushed her on the sofa she got away from him. It could have stopped. "All he wanted to do, it seems, was to sit having a drink. It would seem that she wasn't going to leave it there. "She wasn't going to let him ignore her so she took it to the next level by taking a knife to him repeatedly perhaps to punish this young man for what may have happened between them before but clearly to hurt him very severely and during the course of it she actually broke the knife. If that is right this is a plain case of murder." The jury was told that the couple had moved in together just two months earlier after previously living at Mr Miller's mother's home in Eastwell. Miss Coen said: "She was Eddie Miller's first serious girlfriend. It seemed to outside observers they appeared to be completely smitten with each other. They were coming to this relationship from very different positions. This was his first ever grown up relationship with a woman. She was an older woman and a mother of two." The couple's next door neighbour Geraldine Paynter told the jury that she was kept awake by arguments from their property. Ms Paynter said that when they first introduced themselves Mills told her: "We love each other to bits but we argue quite a bit. We do get quite noisy but we always sort it out." Ms Paynter said the couple's rows continued on into the early hours keeping her awake. She said that on the night that Edward died she heard him screaming at the top of his voice "It's you. You're the one. It's your fault". Later she said she heard Mills repeatedly shouting "get off me" before hearing her sobbing uncontrollably. Mills (31) of King Street, Scalford, Leicestershire, denies murder on November 6 last year. The trial continues.

Murder trial hears woman stabbed boyfriend 24 times during argument


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