Ewan Methven, 27, pleaded responsible to homicide and tried to defeat the ends of justice on June 17 in Glagow, earlier than, on Monday, he was given a life sentence for Spencer-Horn’s dying. He was given a minimal of 23 years in jail, per the BBC.

In a letter to the decide earlier than sentencing, Methven reportedly wrote, “I understand how liked Phoenix was and the way she made her household full. I can’t consider I’ve taken her from them.”

“You have been a trusted member of her household, however you betrayed that belief and robbed her of life within the cruelest method,” the decide stated earlier than repeating a few of the horrifying particulars of Spencer-Horn’s homicide.

“It is sufficient to say that for causes nobody will ever perceive, and within the flat you shared along with her, you strangled her and stabbed her 20 instances, 10 of those within the face,” stated the decide. “Not content material with what you had carried out to her, you robbed her of all dignity in dying by decapitating her and making an attempt to dismember her, in an try and defeat the ends of justice.”

“For 2 days after you murdered Phoenix, you indulged in drug abuse and watched pornography, pretending by textual content to her mom that you just have been her,” he continued, saying he is “not often learn such outpourings of grief as are contained within the Sufferer Influence Statements from her household.”

“The way in which you handled this harmless younger lady after her dying meant that her household didn’t even have the consolation of claiming goodbye to her. I do know that nothing I can say or do and no punishment I can inflict will ever be sufficient,” he concluded, earlier than revealing the life sentence.

The homicide occurred on November 16, 2024, shortly after the pair ordered takeout to their house. Shortly earlier than her dying, Methven had texted Spencer-Horn saying her job as a waitress left him feeling “lonely.”

Round midnight, a neighbor reported listening to “a loud noise and hurried footsteps,” which is when police consider Methven attacked his girlfriend by stabbing her 20 instances with three knives. He reportedly stabbed her within the chest, face and buttocks, earlier than decapitating her and making an attempt to take away her limbs from her physique.

Her homicide, nonetheless, would not be found for an additional two days, on November 18.

Within the time between her grisly finish and Methven calling police himself two days later, per prosecutors, he reportedly looked for pornography on-line 170 instances, tried shopping for cocaine and drove round within the sufferer’s automotive. He additionally allegedly texted the sufferer’s mom, pretending she was nonetheless alive.

Then, he known as police and confessed.

“I had a psychotic break and killed my spouse,” he reportedly stated in his chilling telephone name. “We have been messing about, I take steroids and was taking cocaine and alcohol, I feel there was one thing else in it … it was f–king horrible.”

“I simply need to go to jail,” he continued, saying he “completely blacked out,” earlier than including, “I’ve been out my face, I am unable to keep in mind what occurred. I’ve been driving about all weekend.”

Spencer-Horn’s physique was then discovered within the house, with Methven reportedly admitting, “I couldn’t keep right here along with her like that. I attempted to dismember her” as he was arrested.

Whereas giving the sentence, the decide known as out Methven for not giving extra perception into why he killed his girlfriend, aside from blaming medication.

“I’ve this morning seen a letter written by you but it surely solutions not one of the questions which should be plaguing the household,” stated the decide. “You blame the impact of drugs however that’s no excuse.”