 A dad stabbed his art teacher wife to death as their son slept upstairs whilst high on drugs bought on the dark web, a court has heard. Conrad Iyayi 'brutally and needlessly' killed his wife Kathryn Harris, 52, after taking what he believed was methadone and brandy in February 2022, Daily Mail reports. The next morning he found Ms Harris face down in a pool of blood and wearing just a T-shirt, Derby crown Court heard. Three kitchen knives stained with blood were laid nearby, next to a bottle of open brandy. The couples 11-year-old son did not hear the attack 'so knew nothing about his mum's death' when police woke him up that morning, Gordon Aspen KC, prosecuting, said. 'During the night of February 5, 2022 into the early hours of February 6, this defendant murdered Kathryn by stabbing her to death in the kitchen of their family home,' Mr Aspen added. 'It is not necessary to prove this defendant's precise motive and in truth only two people knew. 'One of them, Kathryn, is dead and this defendant has consistently refused to reveal the truth. However there is evidence you will hear that drugs and alcohol he had chosen to take prior to the murder played a part in his actions. Ms Harris worked at worked at a special needs school in Mickleover, Derbyshire (Picture: Derbyshire Police/SWNS) The couple's 11-year-old son was upstairs sleeping and 'did not hear the attack' (Picture: Facebook) 'Ultimately all we are left with is a brutal killing and a quite needless death.' Ms Harris, who also has two adult children, worked at a special needs school in Mickleover, Derbyshire. Iyayi dialled 999 from a telephone box at the bottom of his street in Littleover suburb. He told the operator: 'Just get the police here straight away. Get the police here, I have killed somebody.' When asked who he had killed, Iyayi responded: 'My wife.' Officers found him with a deep cut to his left hand and blood st){kind=link}
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A dad stabbed his art teacher wife to death as their son slept upstairs whilst high on drugs bought on the dark web, a court has heard.
Conrad Iyayi ‘brutally and needlessly’ killed his wife Kathryn Harris, 52, after taking what he believed was methadone and brandy in February 2022, Daily Mail reports.
The next morning he found Ms Harris face down in a pool of blood and wearing just a T-shirt, Derby crown Court heard.
Three kitchen knives stained with blood were laid nearby, next to a bottle of open brandy.