A man stabbed his partner 30 times, strangled her and ran her over during a psychotic episode, which she managed to record on a mobile phone.
Jake Notman denied murdering 25-year-old Lauren Bloomer but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. His lawyers argued that he had “totally lost touch with reality” after eating a brownie laced with cannabis.
The 28-year-old factory worker, from Staffordshire, inflicted more than 30 stab wounds on his partner, who was trying to care for him as his mental state deteriorated, a court heard.
University student Miss Bloomer captured a recording of the attack on a mobile phone after seeking advice on the internet about the “bad weed trip” suffered by Notman, Stafford Crown Court heard.
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