A woman accused of murdering her boyfriend confessed during a 999 call that she killed him, a jury heard yesterday.
Michelle Mills told the operator "I stabbed him a few times" as Edward Miller lay bleeding heavily on the living room floor of their cottage in Scalford, near Melton.
During the third day of a trial at Lincoln Crown Court yesterday, Mills wiped tears from her eyes as the nine-minute tape of the call was played to the jury of seven men and five women.
She was heard to say: "Me and my boyfriend have fallen out and I've just stabbed him. He's all over the place.
"He's moving but not breathing. I don't want to be near him because he's upsetting me. I want to get out of the house."
Mills, who made the call from a mobile phone, could then be heard knocking on the door of a neighbour seeking help.
She went back to her own home when no-one answered.
She then told the operator: "There's blood everywhere. I stabbed him with a kitchen knife in his arm and in his chest. He'll kill me if I go near him.
"He beats me up all the time. I've had enough. I got a knife and I stuck it in him. I didn't mean to hurt him.
"I'm going to be in so much trouble."
Mills was heard pleading with her boyfriend, saying: "Oh baby, you're strong. Please, I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry."
Paramedics then arrived.
The prosecution alleges Mills deliberately stabbed Mr Miller, 20, during a drunken argument after an evening out at the Bonfire Night party at Scalford's King's Arms pub.
Mr Miller, who suffered 24 knife wounds, was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, but was pronounced dead shortly after being admitted.
Frances Sexton, a close friend of Mills, also gave evidence yesterday. She told the jury she regarded Mr Miller as "quite controlling" on the two occasions she met him.
"By the time she met Eddie, I was pregnant," she said. "We lost contact.
"I did meet Eddie twice. It wasn't the same Michelle. I didn't recognise her. He was just controlling her.
"She wasn't happy and bubbly like she used to be. It wasn't the Michelle I knew. I told her they shouldn't be together."
Mills (31), of King Street, Scalford, denies murder on November 6.
The jury has been told she admits she was responsible for Mr Miller's death.
The trial continues.
