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| Man pleads guilty to killing woman while her husband listened on phone | |
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| A man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a mother to death in her home while her children were asleep and her husband, who was away on business, listened helplessly on the phone. | A man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a mother to death in her home while her children were asleep and her husband, who was away on business, listened helplessly on the phone. |
| Nicola Cross was killed by a Polish car mechanic, Marcin Porczynski, after he “smashed his way into the house” on the night of 14 September last year and stabbed her 10 times in the torso. | Nicola Cross was killed by a Polish car mechanic, Marcin Porczynski, after he “smashed his way into the house” on the night of 14 September last year and stabbed her 10 times in the torso. |
| St Alban’s crown court heard that he had paranoid schizophrenia and may have been hearing voices in the two years before the brutal killing. | St Alban’s crown court heard that he had paranoid schizophrenia and may have been hearing voices in the two years before the brutal killing. |
| After stabbing the 37-year-old twice in the chest, he tried to leave her Hemel Hempstead house with the two children. | After stabbing the 37-year-old twice in the chest, he tried to leave her Hemel Hempstead house with the two children. |
| Porczynksi, 26, who had moved to the UK in 2014, was charged with murder, two counts of kidnap, burglary of a neighbour’s house and aggravated burglary involving a weapon of offence, namely a knife. | Porczynksi, 26, who had moved to the UK in 2014, was charged with murder, two counts of kidnap, burglary of a neighbour’s house and aggravated burglary involving a weapon of offence, namely a knife. |
| He pleaded not guilty to the five counts but guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsibility in the courtroom in front of 14 members of Cross’s family, including her husband, Daniel, her sister and her mother. | He pleaded not guilty to the five counts but guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsibility in the courtroom in front of 14 members of Cross’s family, including her husband, Daniel, her sister and her mother. |
| Daniel Cross said in a victim impact statement read out to the court: “I see no future happiness, I see no end to this trauma until my own life comes to an end.” | Daniel Cross said in a victim impact statement read out to the court: “I see no future happiness, I see no end to this trauma until my own life comes to an end.” |
| He added: “When Marcin Porczynski killed Nik, he killed one person, but destroyed numerous other lives.” | He added: “When Marcin Porczynski killed Nik, he killed one person, but destroyed numerous other lives.” |
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