Viewers may find some of the details in this report distressing.
It’s a horrific and brutal murder of a 21 year old woman – her name, Phoenix Spencer Horn.
And today the full extent of her killer’s actions and his attempts to cover up his crimes were laid before a High Court.
The man who has admitted murdering Phoenix and mutilating her body was her partner, Ewan Methven.
He then repeatedly sent texts to his girlfriend’s mother, pretending to be her.
He also claimed he had blacked out during the killing at their Lanarkshire home due to a cocaine induced psychosis.
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