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| Boyfriend guilty of model murder | Boyfriend guilty of model murder |
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| A man who stabbed his model girlfriend nine times, perforating her liver, has been convicted of her murder. | A man who stabbed his model girlfriend nine times, perforating her liver, has been convicted of her murder. |
| A jury at Manchester Crown Court found Ricardo Morrison, 22, from Birmingham, guilty of killing Amy Leigh Barnes in Farnworth, near Bolton. | A jury at Manchester Crown Court found Ricardo Morrison, 22, from Birmingham, guilty of killing Amy Leigh Barnes in Farnworth, near Bolton. |
| The 19-year-old model's father found her bleeding to death in November 2008. | The 19-year-old model's father found her bleeding to death in November 2008. |
| Morrison's mother, Pc Melda Wilks, 50, who let him wash his bloodstained clothes at her home, was found not guilty of assisting an offender. | Morrison's mother, Pc Melda Wilks, 50, who let him wash his bloodstained clothes at her home, was found not guilty of assisting an offender. |
| Morrison, who has previous convictions for assaulting ex-girlfriends, stabbed Miss Barnes nine times and slashed her face, before fleeing and leaving her to die, the jury heard during the three-week trial. | Morrison, who has previous convictions for assaulting ex-girlfriends, stabbed Miss Barnes nine times and slashed her face, before fleeing and leaving her to die, the jury heard during the three-week trial. |
| Amy Leigh Barnes called her mother in tears shortly before her death | Amy Leigh Barnes called her mother in tears shortly before her death |
| When they returned with the guilty verdict, after three hours and 19 minutes of deliberations, Morrison, clutching a bible, bowed his head, put one hand to his face and appeared to begin weeping. | |
| Described as a "bully" and "profoundly two-faced man" by Stuart Driver, prosecuting, Morrison was caught on CCTV punching two girls in the face and headbutting another in a nightclub five weeks before he killed Miss Barnes. | |
| The model, who had appeared in Hollyoaks and modelled for Cosmopolitan, dialled 999 after the attack, telling the operator, "I'm dying. He's stabbed me to death. I'm dying. Please help me." | The model, who had appeared in Hollyoaks and modelled for Cosmopolitan, dialled 999 after the attack, telling the operator, "I'm dying. He's stabbed me to death. I'm dying. Please help me." |
| The operator asked who had stabbed her and she said, "My boyfriend", the court was told. | The operator asked who had stabbed her and she said, "My boyfriend", the court was told. |
| Amy mother describes last moments | |
| Shortly after the attack, her father, Andrew Barnes, arrived to find his daughter curled in the foetal position, flitting in and out of consciousness. | Shortly after the attack, her father, Andrew Barnes, arrived to find his daughter curled in the foetal position, flitting in and out of consciousness. |
| The court heard Morrison attacked her at her grandmother's house after the couple had a row that day, one of many during their stormy nine-month relationship. | The court heard Morrison attacked her at her grandmother's house after the couple had a row that day, one of many during their stormy nine-month relationship. |
| The young model had grown scared of her killer, the court heard, and had rang her mother asking to being picked up after Morrison had locked her in her grandmother's house. | The young model had grown scared of her killer, the court heard, and had rang her mother asking to being picked up after Morrison had locked her in her grandmother's house. |
| Tragically, her father arrived just minutes too late, finding her daughter in agony on the floor. | Tragically, her father arrived just minutes too late, finding her daughter in agony on the floor. |
| The jury heard that Mr Barnes saw that the back door had been left open and a next door neighbour saw a man fitting Morrison's description clean his hands in a puddle behind the house. | The jury heard that Mr Barnes saw that the back door had been left open and a next door neighbour saw a man fitting Morrison's description clean his hands in a puddle behind the house. |
| After stabbing her to death he went and bought a sandwich before catching a coach to Birmingham and being picked up by his mother, who let her son wash his bloodstained clothes. | After stabbing her to death he went and bought a sandwich before catching a coach to Birmingham and being picked up by his mother, who let her son wash his bloodstained clothes. |