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| Jordan Taylor trial: Guilty verdict in Laura Davies murder | Jordan Taylor trial: Guilty verdict in Laura Davies murder |
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| A man has been found guilty of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in a "brutal and vicious" attack. | |
| Laura Davies, 21, suffered at least 80 stab wounds near the Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society base in Basildon, where she lived and worked. | Laura Davies, 21, suffered at least 80 stab wounds near the Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society base in Basildon, where she lived and worked. |
| Jordan Taylor, 22, of Basildon, denied murder but was found guilty by a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court. | Jordan Taylor, 22, of Basildon, denied murder but was found guilty by a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court. |
| Miss Davies is thought to have ended their relationship just moments before her death on 3 July last year. | |
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| During the trial, Taylor told the court he stabbed Miss Davies twice in the stomach after she "pulled a knife" on him. | |
| He said he had been trying to defend himself when she began punching and kicking him, and he stabbed her "so the attack would stop". | |
| But he told the court he could not remember most of the attack. | |
| Judge Charles Gratwicke told Taylor: "You have been found guilty of a brutal and vicious killing. | |
| "You can expect to receive a substantial sentence." | |
| Taylor is expected to be sentenced on Friday. |