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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.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. Theodore Johnson, 64, beat Angela Best with a claw hammer and throttled her with a dressing gown cord after she met another man, the Old Bailey heard.
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, who pushed his wife over a balcony in 1981 and strangled a partner in 1993, has two previous manslaughter convictions.
He will be sentenced on Friday.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. After attacking Ms Best, 51, at his Islington home on 15 December 2016, the garage worker threw himself in front of an express train 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. Police only discovered Ms Best's body when they called at Johnson's north London flat to find his next of kin after the incident at Cheshunt railway station.
Pushed over balconyPushed 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 mother-of-four and grandmother Ms Best 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 wife Yvonne Johnson's manslaughter.
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. He hit her over the head with a vase during a row before pushing her over the balcony of their ninth-floor flat in Wolverhampton.
In 1993, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, on the grounds of diminished responsibility, after attacking former partner Yvonne Bennett.
The couple, who had a daughter together, had been living in Finsbury Park in north London.
Johnson strangled Ms Bennett with a belt after she had an affair with another man.
He met Ms Best after he was released from a psychiatric unit in the mid 1990s.
She and her children had moved from Manchester to Tottenham, north London.
Ms Best's two sisters were in court as Johnson entered his guilty plea.