Husband admits stabbing wife to death after knifing her seven times in the chest
A MAN has admitted to murdering his schoolteacher wife on the second day of his trial.known as Katy Harris, at Derby Crown Court, having already admitted manslaughter.But on Wednesday, Iyayi, 46, admitted to murdering his wife, by stabbing her seven times in the chest in the early hours of February 6 last year at their home in Oak Crescent, Littleover, Derby.
"Mr Iyayi wishes to plead guilty to murder and in these circumstances, the jury has been kept waiting, but for good reason." Thanking the jury for their service, Judge Shaun Smith KC said: "It is difficult for a defendant to come to the decision that they have done something as large as committing an offence of murder, which you would have been told involves an intention to kill.Mr Malik asked the court for the case to be adjourned for a "significant" period of time so reports could be prepared but acknowledged "there is only one sentence in this case".
Ms Harris, a teacher at St Clare's School in Mickleover, was described as "loving, compassionate, forgiving, loyal and creative" by her children in a statement released last year.
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