Killer named as suspect in brutal assault months before he murdered his girlfriend

Michael Ormandy was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Rebekah Campbell (Image: Merseyside Police)

A killer was named as a suspect in a city centre assault which saw a man's skull fractured months before he stabbed his girlfriend to death. Michael Ormandy was found guilty of the murder of Rebekah Campbell last month following a two-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court .

The 32-year-old victim died after being knifed 27 times inside her own flat at Knowsley Heights in Huyton in April this year. Her boyfriend claimed to have acted in self-defence during the incident, despite suffering only a single cut to his hand during the altercation, requiring only minor treatment in hospital as a result.

Rebekah was meanwhile left covered in blood as she collapsed outside the block of fl