Killer boyfriend Ewan Methven facing jail over brutal murder of Phoenix Spencer Horn
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A KILLER who butchered his girlfriend before severing her head is facing jail.
Brute Ewan Methvan, 27, brutally murdered Phoenix Spencer Horn, 21, at a flat in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, last November.
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Ewan Methven is facing life in jail
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He is back in the dock today to be sentenced for the brutal murder
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He committed the evil crime at a flat in East Kilbride in November
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He butchered Phoenix Spencer-Horn before severing her head
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The savage murderer exploded into violence as he committed the monstrous killing.
Phoenix was knifed 20 times by Methven, including ten wounds to her face, seven to her chest and three to her buttocks.
He then tried to sever her head and chop up her corpse while on a cocaine and porn binge.
The twisted sicko even sent texts to her mum pretending she was still alive.
The messages stated: "Hey sorry I've just woken up xxx". Another claimed Phoenix was apparently "all good".
Methven was also captured on CCTV driving Phoenix's red Vauxhall Corsa.
Concerns were raised when Phoenix did not turn up for work on November 18.
Methen then went on to dial 999 that afternoon stating he had had "a drug induced psychotic break" and that he had "killed" his girlfriend.
He told a 999 operator: "The past day I have been trying to kind of muster up the courage to phone."
Methven added Phoenix remained in the hall with a knife beside her. He said he had been taking steroids and cocaine, which he believed had been spiked.
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Methven: "I totally blacked out through the full thing."
He mentioned having "stabbed" and "choked" Phoenix adding: "It was f***ing horrible."
Asked by an officer who came on the line if Phoenix could still be alive, Methven replied: "I know she is dead, mate - she is dead."
Cops found her naked, mutilated body with her head placed upright under her left arm.
Evil Methven is due back in the dock today where he faces a life sentence for murdering Phoenix.
Killer's warped online posts
EXCLUSIVE BY GORDON TAIT
TWISTED Ewan Methven fantasised about violence from the age of 14.
In chilling Facebook posts from his school days, the warped postman wrote: 'You've always got that one person you choke to smash f**k out of.'
Other alarming remarks, uncovered from 2013 to 2014, read: 'It's kill or be killed' and 'I always get all tingly when angry and it makes me agitated'.
The disturbing posts emerged after the fiend this week admitted killing and butchering Phoenix at their flat in East Kilbride.
His now-deleted account listed his occupation as 'Local Drug Dealer & Occasional Pornstar'.
Referring to an unknown female, Methven told how he wanted to 'kick her big horrible f****** teeth oot' in a vile post dating back to December 2015.
And he raged: 'F*** peace everybody's gony die.'
In a reply to a friend, he claims: 'I wantae kill the f*** out of you' while in another he hails hard drugs as 'the bomb'.
Sources close to the brute described him as 'popular' in his hometown but with a mean streak and a 'dead' stare.
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Methven admitted the savage murder at the High Court in Glasgow last month, where his own lawyer admitted his actions were seen as "the personification of evil."
After he pled guilty, judge Lord Matthews described the bloodbath as a a 'horrible and appalling crime.'
His lawyer Tony Graham told the court: "Those related to Phoenix and those who are friends are likely to regard Ewan Methven as the personification of evil.
"While of little moment, he wishes to express publicly how truly sorry he is for the death.
"He recognises the relatives and friends will never be able to forgive him. He will not be able to forgive himself.
"He understands the bereaved will seek an explanation, but he cannot provide an explanation."
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