Overview

• Jurors at Liverpool Crown Court unanimously convicted Ormandy and the judge imposed a life sentence with a minimum term of 24 years.
• Prosecutors cited a Home Office post-mortem showing 27 incised wounds—18 stab wounds and nine slashes—concentrated on the left side, consistent with severe force and defensive injuries.
• Evidence presented to the jury included texts in which Campbell said she was scared of Ormandy and did not want to be alone with him behind closed doors.
• Witness testimony and CCTV placed Ormandy at the flat, with a friend hearing Campbell shout "go away, get out Mick" by phone before the line fell silent.
• After the attack, Ormandy threatened police by claiming he had a suicide vest, tried to ditch his phone before arrest on a canal towpath, and his self-defence account was undermined by the disparity between his minor injury and Campbell’s wounds.