Evil boyfriend strangled young mum to death in bed as baby lay beside them

dailyrecord.co.uk:

An evil thug murdered his girlfriend in a "terrible and unprovoked assault" as their four-month-old baby lay sleeping in a cot next them.

Nigel Diakite used a skipping rope to strangle N'Taya Elliott-Cleverley in bed after she planned to break up with him at their Wavertree home.

Diakite, then 19, originally maintained he couldn't remember killing his 20-year-old partner - despite later confessing to the crime, the Liverpool Echo reports.

During a harrowing trial at Liverpool Crown Court, the killer blamed his poor mental health and even claimed that his victim had attacked him.