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image captionLouise Aitchison was found dead at her home, police said
A South Lanarkshire man has admitted murdering his girlfriend by strangling her and slashing her throat.
Daryll Paterson violently attacked 33-year-old Louise Aitchison at their home in East Kilbride on 28 April.
The former dental nurse had called police earlier asking them to remove Paterson from their flat in the town's Park Terrace.
After agreeing to leave and collect his belongings later, Paterson, 36, went on to kill his girlfriend.
The High Court in Glasgow heard the couple had met while walking their dogs and began living together at her home from March.