This is the chilling moment a murderer calmly told a police officer he had brutally stabbed his partner in the neck and chest with a kitchen knife and left her in a pool of blood. Mum-of-two Terrie-Ann Jones, known as Tan, suffered 26 separate “sharp force injuries” in the attack at her home in Neath, including a slash to her face, 13 stab wounds to the neck, and two to the chest – one of which pierced her heart “through and through”. Her killer, John Paul Lewis, then cleaned the weapon, stole money from his partner’s purse as she lay dying nearby, and went to the pub where bought a round of drinks for his friends. Later that evening the 56-year-old went to his mother’s house in Port Talbot then walked to the nearby Sandfields police station. Initially he could get no answer to his knocking at the station and he rang 999. In a matter-of-fact tone of voice he calmly told the call handle on the other end of the line: “I’ve killed somebody… my girlfriend.” He continued: “She went to stab me, I stabbed her. I’ve come to admit it.” After a further conversation where he confirms Miss Jones is dead, a policeman arrives at the door of the station and Lewis is taken inside to be questioned. In the subsequent interview, which was recorded on the officer’s bodycam, Lewis said: “I had to go and tell my mother what I done… I thought that was the decent… [Read full story]
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