Overview

• A jury unanimously convicted Ormandy on October 15, and Liverpool Crown Court imposed a life sentence with a 24-year minimum term on October 16.
• Court evidence showed Rebekah Campbell suffered 27 incised wounds, including 18 stab wounds that pierced her left lung and heart.
• Judge Andrew Menary KC described a furious, controlling attack and found Campbell never armed herself, noting Ormandy’s habitual knife-carrying and body armour.
• Ormandy had 14 previous convictions for 31 offences, including violent abuse of partners and family, and admitted dealing class‑A drugs and regularly carrying knives.
• After the attack he threatened to “blow everyone up” while claiming to have a “suicide vest,” was arrested on a canal towpath wearing body armour, and hurled threats and insults in court during the verdict and sentencing.