A MAN WHO killed his partner after she ended their relationship has been convicted in a London court following an investigation by the Met Police. 

Leon Murray, 35, of no fixed address, was found guilty yesterday of murdering his former partner Keisha Christodoulou after she told him she no longer wanted to be with him in November 2022. 

He travelled to their flat in Deptford, London, the day after she ended the relationship with him and stabbed her 17 times. 

“He then changed his clothes and went to pick up their six-year-old daughter from school,” a Met Police spokesperson said. 

When he arrived at the school he told a member of staff that he had “ended” Keisha – the school quickly called the police. 

Police who attended the flat found Keisha, 32, on the living room floor, despite efforts to save her, she was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as sharp force trauma to the chest.

Detective Inspector Adam Clifton, who led the investigation, said that Murray’s “horrific response ” to Keisha deciding to end their relationship was as “senseless as it was selfish”. 

“The level of violence used in the attack is utterly shocking and our thoughts remain with Keisha’s family and friends, particularly her three young children whose lives will never be the same.

“Tackling violence against women is one of our top priorities and we will continue in our efforts to bring dangerous perpetrators like Murray to justice.

“I would encourage anyone suffering domestic abuse to seek support,” he added. 

Murray admitted to killing Keisha, but his defence claimed diminished responsibility during his trial in Wood Green Crown Court.

The jury, however, accepted the prosecution’s argument that Murray had no significant impairment, and that he knew what he was doing. 

Murray will sentenced at the same court on Monday. 

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