Overview
- Jurors were told Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam changed his plea to guilty to murder and possessing a bladed article after being re‑indicted in court.
- Sentencing is scheduled for Friday, with the plea entered before the jury at Liverpool Crown Court.
- Prosecution evidence detailed at least 18 stab wounds, a broken knife tip, and CCTV capturing the attack inside Low Cost Food and Wine in Bootle.
- Body‑worn police footage played to the court showed the couple’s 17‑year‑old daughter in distress, and the defendant was seen weeping in the dock.
- The court heard he had previously been under restraining orders, had admitted breaches, and after the stabbing drank whisky and ingested a pesticide.