Tristan Kirk

George used a kitchen knife to inflict 22 stab wounds on Ms Rook, then started a fire to blow up a gas canister in the basement of the property

Clifton George faces a life sentence for murdering his partner Annabel Rook before blowing up their home in a gas explosion.

An electrician who stabbed a his partner to death in a frenzied rage before blowing up their home in a gas explosion has been found guilty of murder.

Clifton George, 45, killed his partner Annabel Rook, 46, by stabbing her 31 times during a row at their home in Stoke Newington

A charity co-founder was brutally murdered in her east London home after telling her partner their 10-year relationship was over Tristan Kirk, Press Association Courts Editor

Electrician stabbed his partner 31 times and blew up their home in murderous rage

Annabel Rook wrote that she lived in fear of her abusive partner’s temper in a letter discovered by police

Murdered charity worker Annabel Rook spelled out in a heartbreaking letter how she lived in fear of her abusive partner’s temper

A former judge and father of murdered charity worker Annabel Rook said she should be remembered for her “rich legacy of love and support for the vulnerable”, after her abusive partner was found guilty of stabbing her to death.

The incident happened last November near the rapper's home in south-west London.