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Triple killer Theodore Johnson admits murdering ex-partner | Triple killer Theodore Johnson admits murdering ex-partner |
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A man who already had convictions for killing his wife and a former partner has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-girlfriend. | |
At the Old Bailey, Theodore Johnson, 64, admitted beating Angela Best with a claw hammer and throttling her with a dressing gown cord. | |
Johnson has two previous manslaughter convictions: one for pushing his wife over a balcony in 1981 and one in 1993 for strangling a partner. | Johnson has two previous manslaughter convictions: one for pushing his wife over a balcony in 1981 and one in 1993 for strangling a partner. |
He will be sentenced on Friday. | |
The garage worker threw himself in front of an express train after attacking Ms Best, 51, at his Islington home on 15 December 2016, but survived. | The garage worker threw himself in front of an express train after attacking Ms Best, 51, at his Islington home on 15 December 2016, but survived. |
Police only discovered the body of Ms Best when they called at Johnson's north London flat to find his next of kin after the incident at Cheshunt railway station. | |
Pushed over balcony | Pushed over balcony |
The defendant, who now uses a wheelchair, pleaded guilty to murdering the mother of four and grandmother, on the first day of his trial. | The defendant, who now uses a wheelchair, pleaded guilty to murdering the mother of four and grandmother, on the first day of his trial. |
Johnson's long-term relationship with Ms Best ended in 2016 when she met someone else. | Johnson's long-term relationship with Ms Best ended in 2016 when she met someone else. |
A post-mortem examination established her cause of death to be neck compression by strangulation with a ligature and blunt force trauma to the head. | A post-mortem examination established her cause of death to be neck compression by strangulation with a ligature and blunt force trauma to the head. |
In 1981 Johnson was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife after pushing her over the balcony of their ninth-floor flat in Wolverhampton during a row. | In 1981 Johnson was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife after pushing her over the balcony of their ninth-floor flat in Wolverhampton during a row. |
In 1993 he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, on grounds of diminished responsibility, after strangling a former partner with a cord after she began an affair. |