Matthew Waddell killed Sarah Albone then sent texts from her phone to dupe her family and friends.
Sarah Albone had reported Waddell to police on at least two occasions in the months before her murderA man who killed his partner in a "frenzied and horrific attack" and hid her body in a suitcase inside a wheelie bin has been found guilty of murder.
Over that time, Waddell told her family and friends she was receiving treatment at a hospital in London and could not be contacted. She ended the relationship in January the following year because she felt he was emotionally controlling, Mr Mulgrew said.
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