Man guilty of murdering partner and blowing up home when she ended relationship

Annabel Rook spelled out in a heartbreaking letter how she lived in fear of her abusive partner Clifton George’s temper and wanted to end their 10-year relationship (Picture: Family Handout/PA)

‘However hard I tried, I seemed to make you angry.’

Annabel Rook spelled out in a heartbreaking letter how she lived in fear of her abusive partner Clifton George’s temper and wanted to end their 10-year relationship.

Tragically, it was never sent, and was only discovered by police on her laptop after she had been beaten, throttled, and stabbed to death by George in the living room of their Stoke Newington home.

George was today found guilty by a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court of murdering Ms Rook on the night of June 16 last year.

He stabbed her 31 times before starting a fire in the basemen...