Twisted killing: Evil ex admits stabbing student to death

A sadistic ex-boyfriend has pleaded guilty to the twisted killing of a brilliant university student after their brief romance ended in a horrific knife attack.

Nigerian Adedapo Adegbola, 40, admitted the brutal murder of 23-year-old Steph Irons at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday following the vicious attack in her own home.

The unqualified junior colleague turned killer struck after she ended the pair’s very short-lived relationship, leaving the high-achieving postgraduate with fatal wounds in her Mapperley living room.

The alarm was raised at 10:07 pm on October 21 last year after the victim’s terrified co-workers received a series of "concerning messages" from her on the evening of the assault.

Emergency crews scrambled to the address in Westdale Lane West discovered the "bright young star" dying from multiple stab wounds while her killer was already in flight.

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Police investigators revealed that Adegbola fled the scene of the slaughter, leaving a trail of discarded, blood-stained evidence across the streets of Nottinghamshire.

Detectives recovered the brute’s gore-soaked trainers and a jumper abandoned in Mapperley and Carlton as he attempted a desperate cross-country escape through four different cities.

The court heard the 40-year-old travelled through Mansfield, Worksop, Sheffield, and Hull before finally surrendering to police the following morning.

Despite handing himself in at Oxclose Police Station, he refused to answer a single question during a series of "no comment" police interviews with detectives.

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The victim was a compassionate student who had earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology and was on the verge of applying for her doctorate before her life was stolen.