The man who stabbed his girlfriend to death, then killed himself rather than face justice
John-Lee Kirwin, 32, stabbed Nichola Jayne Campbell to death and then took an overdose of paracetamol, an inquest heard
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John Lee Kirwin was found dead with Miss Campbell at a bedsit in Harpurhey (Image: Manchester Evening News)
A man stabbed his girlfriend to death before taking his own life in a murder-suicide , an inquest heard. The bodies of John-Lee Kirwin and Nichola Jayne Campbell were discovered in a bedsit in Harpurhey in December 2017.
Their bodies were discovered two days later, prompting a murder investigation.
The pair had been in an on-off , volatile relationship since 2011 and had recently started seeing each other again.
John Lee Morris, 32, killed Niki Campbell, 30, by stabbing her multiple times
Couple had argued in a pub the night before as Morris accused her of cheating
Morris took a lethal amount of paracetamol before collapsing beside the victim
Two days later bodies were found by neighbour who wanted to retrieve his iron
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