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 Updated 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.