Jim Taylor

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The court heard Ellie Gould was an avid rider, the languages of the entry in the mounted police

teenager stabbed his ex-to make girlfriend multiple times in the neck in a "frenzied attack" before you try to appear, your wounds were self-inflicted.

Thomas Griffiths, confessed to the murder of Ellie Gould, 17, at her home in Calne, Wiltshire, in may, after she ended their relationship.

Griffiths, now at the age of 18, went to the student home, killed her And Then your Left Hand on the handle of The Knife .

He was in prison for a minimum of 12 and a half years at Bristol Crown Court .

Carole Gould said, there was nothing in Griffiths' behaviour before the death of her daughter, the "would ring Alarm Bells ".

"We welcomed him into our home. We dined with him to-night," She Said .

The Packed courtroom heard The Night before Griffiths murdered, Ellie's friends that she had broken had said, and he had "taken it well".

were The two A-level students in the Hardenhuish School in Chippenham, knew each other since year 7, and in a relationship for three months.

Thomas Griffiths was 17 when he went to Ellie killed in their family home

Griffiths from the school on The Morning of the 3. May and drove to Ellie's home in Springfield Drive.

As he tried to strangle her before stabbing in her 13 times in the neck with a knife from The Kitchen .

"Griffiths was angry, perhaps from Ellie's continued rejection of him, and he attacked you," Prosecutor Richard Smith QC said.

A statement was read out in court by Ellie's father, Matt Gould, and found lying on The Kitchen floor, with The Knife still in his neck.

He said it was "The Most frightening, and saddest scene I've ever seen" and it "fills my thoughts all day".

evidence Griffiths had Ellie suggested let s hand on the gun to make it look like she had done it to himself.

The court heard that Griffiths spent an hour in The House before he drove home, changed his clothes and threw a bag of items from Ellie's house in a forest.

Later in the day, he sent a series of "fake" messages to friends and Ellie ' s phone asked if you wanted to meet.

Griffiths said friend marks were caused on his neck, self-harm, But the court heard that she fights is likely due to its young victims to live their lives".

Ellie Gould said, friends, Griffiths had a "not in your Pause,"

The Judge , Mr justice Garnham sentenced him, Mr Griffiths said his actions had been a "frenzied knife attack", and "The Most repulsive act" on a "vulnerable young woman who you would have in your own home, where safe"

He said that Ellie had "tried desperately to fight back, clawing desperately at the neck" and "harrowing that they left her on The Kitchen floor with The Knife still in your neck and your Left Hand on The Knife ".

The Judge told Griffiths that it was one of several steps he had taken, in order to "cover your tracks".

"It can be regarded no more terrible scene for all parents, as the one that confronted Ellie's father, when he came That Day , home from work," Mr justice Garnham said.

'Destroyed Life '

The court had previously Ellie heard was a large horse, rider, competed in the local shows and cross country events, and spoke about the accession of the mounted police.

The Judge said Griffiths: "The effects of wiped out from your actions, The Life of this talented Girl . But loaded pain on your friends and family. "

The court was told that Mr Griffiths, Derry Hill, Wiltshire, had a letter written, with his "sincere repentance".

he said: "I feel confused and angry at myself that I was in the position to hurt someone so special to me. "

Ellie's body was found in A House in Springfield Drive, Calne

Det Ch TÜV Jim Taylor , of Wiltshire police, said Griffiths ended Ellie's Life "in The Most cruel way imaginable" and "destroyed the lives of those who were close to her".

"While I don't know that this prison bring back Ellie, and 12 and a half year, without a doubt, seems insignificant in view of the seriousness of this crime and the tremendous loss for this family, I hope that in some way, it offers you with some form of closure," he added.

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