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7/14/2025, 11:48:14 PM
A postman who decapitated his girlfriend after complaining she was working too much has been jailed for life.
Ewan Methven, 27, admitted murdering Phoenix Spencer-Horn at their home on Nov 16 last year, after the couple ordered a takeaway to their flat in Glen Lee, East Kilbride.
Prosecutors told the High Court in Glasgow that Methven choked her before severing her head and trying to remove her limbs from her body.
Earlier that day, Methven had complained to his girlfriend that her waitress shifts made him “lonely”.
After murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend, he texted her mother pretending to be her and he trawled the internet for pornography for hours.
He later dialled 999, insisting he had a drug-induced blackout and could not remember what he had done.
But Judge Lord Matthews at the High Court in Glasgow ordered Methven to spend at least 23 years behind bars before he can be considered for parole.
Ewan Methven, 27, admitted murdering Phoenix Spencer-Horn at their home on Nov 16 last year, after the couple ordered a takeaway to their flat in Glen Lee, East Kilbride.
Prosecutors told the High Court in Glasgow that Methven choked her before severing her head and trying to remove her limbs from her body.
Earlier that day, Methven had complained to his girlfriend that her waitress shifts made him “lonely”.
After murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend, he texted her mother pretending to be her and he trawled the internet for pornography for hours.
He later dialled 999, insisting he had a drug-induced blackout and could not remember what he had done.
But Judge Lord Matthews at the High Court in Glasgow ordered Methven to spend at least 23 years behind bars before he can be considered for parole.
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