A man who stabbed his wife 51 times with a kitchen knife after discovering she had an affair will be sentenced today for her murder.
Andrew Munro, 51, killed mum-of-three Clare Munro, 47, as she begged for her life at their home in Culcheth, near Warrington, on November 2 last year.
In her dying moments Mrs Munro turned to her husband and said: “Andy, please don’t kill me, I need to phone 999 and get help. Please let me do this.”
The IT worker agreed and turned to leave but then stabbed her again, during which time his “calm and collected voice” could be heard on an emergency call along with further attacks.
He said “I’m really sorry Clare, but you know what you have done to me” before adding “can’t believe what you have done, I really do love you so much”.
Mrs Munro, who worked as a child-minder and dog walker, was later found at the house in Chiltern Road with multiple wounds to her upper body, which pathologists said would have required “extreme force”.
In June this year, Munro admitted her murder and pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to another victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
But he later applied to vacate his guilty pleas and reporting restrictions were put in place.
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said High Court judge Sir Geoffrey Grigson had refused that application in a judgement read out at Liverpool Crown Court last week.
The court heard that Mrs Munro’s affair began in April 2014 and when Munro discovered it, he tried to monitor his wife’s movements by interfering with her mobile phone.
He fitted CCTV cameras in their house and shortly before he killed her, fitted a tracking device to their family car.
Munro also claimed to have a video recording of his wife being intimate with her lover.
However, he denied ever intending to kill or seriously injure his wife, or the second victim.
He will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court today.
Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/