'Jealous' woman 'stabbed ex on Christmas Day after seeing his Tinder profile'
A 'jealous' woman stabbed her ex in the heart on Christmas Day while on bail for strangling him a month earlier after finding his profile on Tinder, a court heard.
Kirsty Carless plunged a kitchen knife into the chest of Louis Price, 31, after seeing his dating profile on Tinder, jurors were told. She was 'fuelled by cocaine and alcohol' when she carried out the murder at his parents' home, prosecutors said. Stafford crown court was told she took a taxi to the property armed with the knife in the early hours of Christmas morning. Carless, 33, was on police bail at the time after allegedly strangling the dad-of-six in November 2024, jurors heard.
Prosecutor Jonas Rankin QC said Louis had been considered to be "at very high risk of domestic abuse" before his death. He told the court the couple had been in a 'dysfunctional, abusive and highly volatile relationship' for three years.
Carless sent her ex-boyfriend a text the day before his death saying: 'I hate u … I wish you was dead', it is claimed. Mr Rankin said 'things changed' when a friend sent her Louis's Tinder profile via text message.
She rang him 45 times in less than half an hour before catching a cab to his parents' home, the court heard. Jurors were told Louis was stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife 'more than a foot long' and died on the conservatory floor.
Mr Rankin said Carless's her actions were 'motivated by anger and jealousy'. He added: 'She was manipulative, emotionally volatile and jealous."
Carless, of Cannock, Staffs, denies murdering Louis in Norton Canes, Staffs, at 3am on Christmas Day 2024.She also denies possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
The trial continues.
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