'Mum you can't do this, he's going to kill you too

The daughter of a woman murdered by her double killer ex-boyfriend has told how she warned her mother he was a menace.

Janet Scott was stabbed and run over by Simon Mellors after she found out he had not long been released from prison for killing his previous partner, Pearl Black.

Mrs Scott's daughter Amelia Karnstein has now spoken for the first time of how she urged her mother to end the relationship before he attacked her too.

Mellors, 56, had been convicted for murdering his partner, Ms Black, in May 1999 - but was freed on licence after serving a 12-year minimum term.

He met Mrs Scott, from Nottingham, in a bar in March 2017 the pair became close - but he kept from her his criminal past.

Eight weeks into their relationship, she realised that Mellors' claims about his career didn't add up and he showed her an online article about his previous conviction.

Recalling that time, Ms Karnstein said: 'Mum was too deeply in love by then and believed she was safe because he underplayed his convictions.

'When she sent me the links to his conviction I went hysterical and called her and said "Mum you can't do this, he's going to kill you too!" - and that's what happened.'

After being charged with Janet's murder, Mellors was found dead while in custody at HMP Manchester on February 25 while awaiting trial.





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