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Michelle Mills guilty of Edward Miller's murder in Scalford | Michelle Mills guilty of Edward Miller's murder in Scalford |
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A woman who claimed to hear voices telling her to stab her boyfriend has been found guilty of his murder. | A woman who claimed to hear voices telling her to stab her boyfriend has been found guilty of his murder. |
Michelle Mills stabbed Edward Miller 24 times with such force that the handle of the knife broke away from the blade. | Michelle Mills stabbed Edward Miller 24 times with such force that the handle of the knife broke away from the blade. |
She told police her 20-year-old boyfriend had been violent to her but the trial heard she had attacked previous partners. | |
Mills, 31, who stabbed Mr Miller at their home in Scalford, Leicestershire, will be sentenced on Tuesday. | Mills, 31, who stabbed Mr Miller at their home in Scalford, Leicestershire, will be sentenced on Tuesday. |
Det Insp Lee Hill said: "Michelle Mills is a violent, self-centred and manipulative woman who was happy to portray herself as the victim of domestic violence at the hands of a number of her partners, including Eddie Miller." | Det Insp Lee Hill said: "Michelle Mills is a violent, self-centred and manipulative woman who was happy to portray herself as the victim of domestic violence at the hands of a number of her partners, including Eddie Miller." |
Lincoln Crown Court heard Mills stabbed Mr Miller to death in the early hours of 6 November, after they got home from a Bonfire Night party at the nearby Kings Arms, where Mills worked. | Lincoln Crown Court heard Mills stabbed Mr Miller to death in the early hours of 6 November, after they got home from a Bonfire Night party at the nearby Kings Arms, where Mills worked. |
'Not my fault' | 'Not my fault' |
Both were drunk and started arguing, and Mills claimed her boyfriend headbutted her. | Both were drunk and started arguing, and Mills claimed her boyfriend headbutted her. |
She accepted causing his death but said she remembered stabbing him only twice. | She accepted causing his death but said she remembered stabbing him only twice. |
In a 999 call she said: "I'm not having it any more. I'm not having him beat me up. | In a 999 call she said: "I'm not having it any more. I'm not having him beat me up. |
"It's not my fault. He did this to me." | "It's not my fault. He did this to me." |
In the call, Mills could be heard apparently talking to her dying boyfriend. | In the call, Mills could be heard apparently talking to her dying boyfriend. |
She said: "If it weren't for you in the first place this wouldn't have happened, would it? | She said: "If it weren't for you in the first place this wouldn't have happened, would it? |
"You got yourself stabbed." | "You got yourself stabbed." |
As well as hearing voices, Mills told the jury she had experiences where she thought she was being abducted by aliens. | As well as hearing voices, Mills told the jury she had experiences where she thought she was being abducted by aliens. |
A statement from Mr Miller's parents said: "It's been hard to learn and read in the press how some people have tried to misrepresent Eddie, but family, friends and anybody who knew him will know the true Eddie." | A statement from Mr Miller's parents said: "It's been hard to learn and read in the press how some people have tried to misrepresent Eddie, but family, friends and anybody who knew him will know the true Eddie." |
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