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Sunday World
9 hours ago
- Sunday World
Woman (33) who stabbed ex to death on Christmas Day jailed for minimum of 25 years
Kirsty Carless, 33, plunged a knife into 31-year-old Louis Price's heart in the early hours of December 25, 2024 Screengrab from handout bodyworn footage issued by Staffordshire Police of Kirsty Carless as she was arrested for murdering Louis Price (Staffordshire Police/PA) A 'jealous' woman who stabbed her ex-partner in the heart on Christmas Day after seeing his Tinder profile has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years. Kirsty Carless, 33, plunged a knife into 31-year-old Louis Price's heart in the early hours of December 25, 2024, in an attack 'motivated by anger and jealousy, and fuelled by cocaine and alcohol' after a friend sent her a picture of his dating profile, a trial at Stafford Crown Court heard. Sentencing her on Thursday in front of a packed public gallery, Judge Mr Justice Choudhury said Carless, of Haling Way in Cannock, Staffordshire, had 'destroyed the life of a young man and his family' when she fatally attacked him at his parents' home in Elm Road, Norton Canes. On Wednesday, after around a day of deliberation, a jury of seven men and five women found her guilty of murder and possession of an offensive weapon by unanimous verdicts in relation to the fatal stabbing. She was also found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by a majority of 11 to one in connection with an incident in November 2024, but was cleared of intentional strangulation in relation to the same incident. Carless showed no reaction in the dock as Mr Justice Choudhury passed his sentence. He said the defendant had shown 'no remorse' for what she had done and instead falsely claimed she could not remember what had happened. Screengrab from handout bodyworn footage issued by Staffordshire Police of Kirsty Carless as she was arrested for murdering Louis Price (Staffordshire Police/PA) News in 90 Seconds - Thursday, July 31
The Independent
11 hours ago
- The Independent
Moment woman arrested for Christmas Day fatal stabbing over Tinder discovery
Kirsty Carless, 33, was arrested by Staffordshire Police on Christmas Day for the murder of her ex-partner, Louis Price. Carless took a taxi to Mr Price's parents' home in Norton Canes and stabbed him in the chest, an attack fuelled by cocaine and alcohol, after seeing him on Tinder. Mr Price was found dead on the conservatory floor with a single stab wound. Carless was found guilty of murder, possession of an offensive weapon, and assault, and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years. Watch the video in full above.
The Independent
11 hours ago
- The Independent
Moment woman arrested for murdering ex-partner on Christmas Day after seeing him on Tinder
This is the moment a woman who murdered her ex-partner on Christmas Day after spotting him on Tinder was arrested by police. Footage released by Staffordshire Police on Wednesday (30 July) shows officers arresting Kirsty Carless, 33, later that same day, as a Christmas tree can be seen in the background. The 33-year-old took a taxi to Louis Price's parents' home in Norton Canes and stabbed him in an attack that was 'fuelled by cocaine and alcohol', Stafford Crown Court heard. He was later discovered with a single stab wound to the chest on the conservatory floor and pronounced dead at 3.43am. Carless, of Cannock, was found guilty of murder, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm. On Thursday (31 July), she was sentenced for life with a minimum of 25 years.
The Independent
12 hours ago
- The Independent
‘Jealous' woman jailed for killing ex on Christmas Day after finding him on Tinder
A 'jealous' woman who stabbed her ex-partner in the heart after seeing his Tinder profile has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years. Kirsty Carless, 33, plunged a knife into 31-year-old father-of-six Louis Price's heart in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2024, in an attack 'motivated by anger and jealousy, and fuelled by cocaine and alcohol' after a friend sent her a picture of his dating profile, a trial at Stafford Crown Court heard. During her sentencing on Thursday, Judge Mr Justice Choudhury said Carless, of Haling Way in Cannock, Staffordshire, had 'destroyed the life of a young man and his family' when she fatally attacked him at his parents' home in Elm Road, Norton Canes. On Wednesday, after around a day of deliberation, a jury of seven men and five women found her guilty of murder and possession of an offensive weapon by unanimous verdicts in relation to the fatal stabbing. She was also found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by a majority of 11 to one in connection with an incident in November 2024 for which she was on police bail, but was cleared of intentional strangulation in relation to the same incident. Carless showed no reaction in the dock as Mr Justice Choudhury passed his sentence on Thursday afternoon. He said the defendant had shown 'no remorse' for what she had done and instead concocted a false story that she could not remember what had happened. The trial was told Carless had been at the pub drinking with a male friend on December 24 before they had sex three times at his home. She had been planning to stay the night when a female friend sent her a screenshot of Mr Price's Tinder profile at around 1.30am on Christmas Day, which sent her into what Mr Justice Choudhury called 'a jealous rage'. Carless then left the male friend's home, took a taxi back to her house, where she picked up a kitchen knife and got another taxi to Mr Price's parents' address, where she expected to find him with a woman, but he was instead in a caravan in the back garden with friends. CCTV showed her running up the front path into the house and then 'stalking' him around the garden before he was later found with a single stab wound to the chest on the conservatory floor. Carless had called Mr Price 45 times between 2.15am and 2.44am while she waited for the taxi to take her to the address where he had been staying since their relationship ended – only breaking up what prosecution counsel Jonas Hankin KC called the 'barrage' of calls to impatiently phone the company to check where her taxi was. After arriving at the address, Carless asked the taxi driver to wait outside while she went into the property to stab Mr Price at around 3am. Less than two minutes after arriving at the scene, Carless was 'anxious and sweating' as she got back into the taxi and demanded the driver take her to her parents' home, where she admitted what she had done and her stepfather called 999. Mr Justice Choudhury said: 'Less than two minutes is all it took for you to take a life and ruin many others, including your own.' He added that Mr Price had only been inside the house for around six seconds, which meant Carless must have stabbed him 'on sight'. The judge said: 'The intention to kill was plain. You stabbed him in the chest, a highly vulnerable part of the body. 'Having stabbed him, you didn't stop there, you callously chased him around the garden, brandishing a knife. You then fled, leaving him to die. 'You have showed no remorse for what you did, instead claiming falsely that you didn't remember.' The judge paid tribute to the 'dignity' of Mr Price's family, who all wore 'Justice for Louis' T-shirts as they watched the sentencing. In a victim impact statement, Mr Price's mother, Eleanor, said her son had been 'murdered by the woman he loved' and described him as a 'funny, beautiful man'. She said: 'Our hearts have been ripped apart. I brought Louis into this world and I should have left before him. 'Every minute of every day, I think about my boy. He was no angel, but thanks to Kirsty, he's now my angel. 'It is thanks to Kirsty that his children no longer have a dad. How can we ever get over something like this? We never will.' Mr Price's father Graham described him as 'my son, my fishing buddy, my best friend' and said his life had been taken by an 'act of evil'. He said: 'Louis lost his life, she took it from him. We will never forget Louis or forgive what has happened to him.' As Carless had been on police bail for assaulting Mr Price at the time of the fatal stabbing, Staffordshire Police made a referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, who decided not to investigate and the case was passed back to the force's professional standards department. In a statement, Staffordshire Police said: 'A number of positive actions were taken to mitigate the risks identified, which included arresting Kirsty Carless, imposing bail conditions to prevent her from having further contact with Louis Price, them living at separate addresses, and the submission of a public protection notice for consideration at a multi-agency risk assessment conference. 'No misconduct or learning was identified and officers updated Louis's father and explained the decision.'
BBC News
12 hours ago
- BBC News
Cannock woman jailed for life for Christmas Day murder of ex-partner
A woman who murdered her ex-partner on Christmas Day when she stabbed him in the heart has been jailed for Carless, 33, will serve a minimum prison term of 25 years after killing 31-year-old Louis Price at his parents' home in Norton Canes, attack was "motivated by anger and jealousy" after Carless, of Haling Way in Cannock, Staffordshire, was sent a picture of Mr Price's profile on dating app Tinder, Stafford Crown Court her on Thursday, Mr Justice Choudhury said Carless had "destroyed the life of a young man and his family" in the fatal attack during the early hours of 25 December. She showed no reaction in the dock as Mr Justice Choudhury passed his sentence, accusing her of showing "no remorse" and falsely claiming she did not remember what was found guilty of murder and possessing an offensive weapon when the jury returned its verdicts on was also convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by a majority of 11 to one in connection with an incident in November 2024 but was cleared of intentional strangulation in relation to the same incident. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
