Woman stabs boyfriend to death for calling her a whore

A woman who stabbed her partner to death after while suffering from 'battered woman syndrome' has been jailed.

Sophie Butler, 20, launched the attack after Norasab Hussain called her a 'whore' in a voicemail message to her mum for talking to another man on May 30 last year.

Butler,, was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility . 
The prosecution accepted the plea two psychiatrists found Butler was suffering from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of repeated domestic abuse . The conditions are together known as 'battered woman syndrome'.

Police said the couple left the town centre in a taxi and travelled to Butler's flat where the dispute continued, with 33-year-old Mr Hussain phoning her mother and a friend and calling her unfaithful.
She grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed her boyfriend of two years through the chest, fatally penetrating his heart.
Butler was jailed for six years and three months.
Detective Chief Inspector David Giles said:

"Their relationship was volatile and the court heard how domestic abuse was a toxic feature which undoubtedly contributed to an unhealthy relationship and ultimately this untimely death.
"Miss Butler presented evidence to the court in which she described how living in an abusive relationship had had a corrosive effect on her mental health.

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