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| A fitness instructor who said a woman stabbed herself 31 times while on a first date with him has been found guilty of her murder. | A fitness instructor who said a woman stabbed herself 31 times while on a first date with him has been found guilty of her murder. |
| Karl Taylor, 27, of Covent Garden, London, was jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years at the Old Bailey for killing Kate Beagley. | Karl Taylor, 27, of Covent Garden, London, was jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years at the Old Bailey for killing Kate Beagley. |
| Miss Beagley, a 32-year-old manager from Surrey, was found with head and neck wounds in a wood in Hertfordshire. | Miss Beagley, a 32-year-old manager from Surrey, was found with head and neck wounds in a wood in Hertfordshire. |
| Taylor told the court she committed suicide using a knife he dropped. | Taylor told the court she committed suicide using a knife he dropped. |
| Miss Beagley's naked body was found four days later dumped in Oxhey Wood. | Miss Beagley's naked body was found four days later dumped in Oxhey Wood. |
| She had been driven there by Taylor in the boot of her grey VW Golf car, which he told police he had intended to steal when he met Miss Beagley. | |
| The prosecution told the court he went intending to murder her, with the knife placed up his sleeve as the two of them sat in the Roebuck pub in Richmond Hill. | |
| Taylor told police he just wanted Miss Beagley's car | |
| Taylor stabbed Miss Beagley to death as they sat on a park bench at a beauty spot overlooking the River Thames at Richmond. | |
| Peter Clarke QC, prosecuting, said Taylor told police he stabbed her during an argument after telling her: "All I want is your car." | |
| The court heard Taylor told police: "She pushed me away. She was grabbing me and I stabbed her in the throat. | |
| "I constantly and consistently cut her in the neck because she was going for my face." | |
| Taylor stripped her body and washed it with mineral water before dumping it. | |
| Mr Clarke said Taylor later threw the murder weapon, her clothing and unwanted belongings on the roadside by the M1. | |
| He later showed off his "new car" to friends and family and sold Miss Beagley's mobile phone to a friend. |