Thirty-five-year-old Ryan Leggett allegedly realised he had “lost everything” after being found out by his partner and stabbed her eight times using “severe” force, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

He had then taken her phone and locked her in the house in Lowestoft Road, Lowestoft, said Duncan O’Donnell, prosecuting.

“He left her to die. Something she would have done if police and medical services had not got to her in time,” he said.

The court heard that the victim suffered eight stab wounds, including two to her chest, which caused a fractured rib and a punctured lung and a stab wound to her abdomen which led to internal bleeding and damage to her liver.

She also suffered wounds to her cheek, back of her neck, her upper arm and........

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