Michael Ormandy hurled insults such as "little tramp" and "little rat" during his trial as he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Rebekah Campbell.
The 34 year old, from Linacre Road in Litherland, was convicted on Wednesday (October 15) for the brutal killing of his girlfriend, telling the public gallery "I know where yous all live," after they celebrated the jury's guilty verdict.
Rebekah, aged 32, tragically lost her life after being stabbed 27 times inside her flat at Knowsley Heights in Huyton this past April. Despite only sustaining a minor cut to his hand, Ormandy claimed he acted in self-defence during the fatal incident which required him to receive minimal medical treatment.
Rebekah was found outside her block of flats, covered in blood and having suffered 18 stab wounds and nine slashes from a knife. It was reported that she pleaded with Ormandy, saying "get out, go away Mick" as he unexpectedly entered her home wearing a bulletproof vest and launched his violent attack.
As police officers arrived at the scene, Rebekah asked them "am I gonna die?" while they desperately tried to save her life.
Just three days prior to the fatal incident, Ormandy, described as "jealous and possessive", had given Rebekah a black eye after punching her during a night out in Liverpool city centre. The self-admitted drug dealer then slept with another woman at a hotel and told her he was "going to Liverpool to sort something out" just hours before the deadly stabbing, reports the Liverpool Echo.
In the aftermath, the ex-boxer and cage fighter, who sports a tattoo reading 'The Hitman' across his neck, dialled the police in the early hours, claiming to possess a "suicide vest" and threatening to "blow everyone up". After his arrest, he suggested that Rebekah "must have stabbed herself".
Ormandy was back in Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday morning (October 16) for sentencing. He nodded as he received a life sentence with a minimum term of 24 years.
As he was led to the cells, some spectators were heard to call him "you little nonce" and "s***house", to which he retorted "You little tramp. You little rat."
In his sentencing remarks, the Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary KC stated: "You brutally stabbed to death your victim, Rebekah Campbell, at her flat. She was 32 years of age, with everything to live for. This senseless and pointless killing resulted from your jealousy, desire to control her and uncontrolled, aggressive rage.
"Although there must have been good times, it was a relationship that was becoming increasingly turbulent and marked by frequent arguments. During a night out, you punched her hard to the face, leaving her with a swollen and bruised eye.
"Despite everything you have claimed since, there was no justification for that attack. You told the court you were formerly a cage fighter and boxer. That was a cowardly act against a woman who posed no threat to you at all.
"In the following days, the relationship deteriorated further. Rebekah told friends that she wanted to end it. You went to her flat unannounced, no doubt in a manner designed to conceal your arrival. Voice messages you sent while in her block of flats really capture your mood, resentful, controlling and with a desire to confront her.
"I cannot be sure that the knife had been taken by you to the flat. I think it probably was, but I cannot be sure. You said the knife and vest were things that you wore or carried because you were a class A drug dealer, and these things were necessary to provide you with protection if operating outside of your normal area. If correct, it means that you are someone who habitually carries a knife.
"I am sure that Rebekah never armed herself with a knife at any time and never posed any threat to you. She simply told you to get out. That was enough to set you off on your murderous attack. I am sure that, when you were using the knife to stab her, you then intended to kill.
"You left the scene and left Rebekah there on her own. You did call the police a few minutes later, but that was little comfort to Ms Campbell. The reality was entirely self-serving, in an attempt to provide a false narrative that you were the victim. You did not express any remorse for what happened or what you had done.
"About an hour and a half after the attack, having disposed of the knife, you called the police out of concern, not for your partner for but the welfare of your dogs. You repeatedly threatened to kill police and innocent members of the public.
"If anyone at any stage is considering whether you continue to represent a threat to the public and whether you should ever be released, they should listen to those calls. The fact is that you are, and will remain for a number of years, a deeply unpleasant and dangerous man.
"Rebekah was a much loved daughter, sister and friend, full of life, kindness and humour. Her mother describes the enduring grief that has shattered the family. She will never forgive you for what you did. The family's anguish and suffering will last a lifetime. I pay tribute to their dignity throughout these proceedings.
"You went there dressed, at least, for the possibility of violence. This was a furious attack in a domestic setting with a knife. The use of a knife by someone in the habit of carrying one is probably the most significant aggravating feature.
"This happened in the deceased's home, a place where she was entitled to feel safe. She must have experienced intense fear and pain. There must have been, for her, a terrifying realisation that she would likely die."
David McLachlan KC, prosecuting, told the court last week that Ms Campbell was at home in her flat at around 10.30pm on April 15 when Ormandy arrived at her address.
Faye Henderson, who was on the phone with the deceased at the time, reported that her friend screamed "go away, get out Mick" before she heard a "loud bang" and the sound of puppies barking, at which point the line "went quiet".
Ormandy was subsequently caught on CCTV departing the building again as Ms Campbell emerged from her flat crying "I've been stabbed".
After collapsing outside, she told neighbours who rushed to help: "My fella stabbed me."
Whilst being taken to Aintree Hospital in an ambulance, Ms Campbell asked paramedics "am I gonna die?".
Despite one police officer reassuring her that she was "hurt but in the best place", she was eventually pronounced dead in the early hours of April 16.
The incident was reported to have occurred amid a relationship which "wasn't going well", with Ms Campbell apparently "ready to end it".
It followed a row on the evening of April 12, when she was said to have hurled a shoe at her boyfriend and slapped him whilst they were out drinking at Revolver bar on Mathew Street. A second "heated incident" then erupted between the two later the same night at Beer Engine on Hardman Street, with the deceased seen "kicking out" at Ormandy before he struck her to the face outside.
She was reportedly left in tears after falling to the floor and suffering a black eye as a result of this blow, even remarking that she had been left "looking like the Elephant Man".
During the afternoon prior to the killing, Ormandy then reserved accommodation at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Southport and engaged in sexual relations with another woman. He was said to have told this witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, that he was "going to Liverpool to sort something out" as he later departed for the evening.
Within two hours of the stabbing attack, Ormandy proceeded to telephone police and declared: "The police are at my flat now. If they touch my dogs, I'm going to start killing police officers, one by one. I'm going to start shooting if anything happens to my dogs. My dogs are my babies.
"I promise on my kid's life. I've got a suicide vest and I'll blow everyone up. I've got nothing to lose now. Yous couldn't do your f***ing job, now look what happens. I'm the bad guy because of the world we live in. It's a f***ing joke.
"I'm gonna blow myself up. I'm gonna blow everyone up if anyone goes near my f***ing dogs. I've got a suicide vest on. I'm going to kill everyone. I promise, I will kill yous all. My dogs are my babies. I will kill for them."
Following his apprehension on a canal towpath by armed officers, Ormandy commented that "this wouldn't have happened if you did your job last week". His mobile phone was later retrieved from the water after he seemingly "tried to ditch" the device.
Upon being informed at this point that Ms Campbell had been stabbed an estimated 20 times, Ormandy retorted: "20 times? There's no way. She must have stabbed herself. As soon as I walked in, she started attacking me. She had the knife ready. She can't have been stabbed 20 times. No, that's not even possible."
However, a Home Office post mortem examination subsequently disclosed that Ms Campbell had indeed sustained a total of 27 "incised wounds" during a "sustained, violent assault", consisting of 18 stab wounds and nine slash wounds which were "concentrated on the left side of the body". A pathologist determined that this was "in keeping with the use of severe force", with injuries on her left arm also described as "indicative of defence injuries as she tried to fend off an attack".
In his testimony, Ormandy spoke about his visit to Ms Campbell's flat: "We had a brief argument. I was saying, 'look are we in a relationship or not, I need to know'. Obviously, I had alternative plans if she said no. We just ended up in an argument. I just said 'I'm not a***d, I'll go back and f*** the bird I've just been f***ing'. I think she thought I was lying.
"Sometimes, with my ADHD, I don't think before I speak. I was like, s***, what have I just said? I went back round, went back in. She was standing by the breakfast bar. I was just saying, 'look, I was only messing, I didn't mean it'. Literally, within, I'd say about 15, 20 seconds, she just lunged at me.
"She picked [the knife] up and just turned and come at me in a downward motion. I grabbed the knife with my right hand. With the momentum of her coming towards me, I've fell back over the puppies and landed in the middle of the floor.
"[The knife] basically come loose as we landed. We're both just scrambling for the knife. I managed to get the knife first, I think. She was trying to get it still. I remember hitting her once. I think I stabbed her. I was fighting for my life, do you know what I mean? I didn't realise I had the knife. I was in a fight or flight situation. I thought the knife had come loose again.
"When you're fighting for your life, it just goes blank. I still can't remember being in there that long to this day. She was attacking me. I didn't realise I was stabbing her. I thought I was just punching her.
"I didn't intend to lay a finger on her. I just wanted to know whether we were in a relationship or not. I already had something lined up, in case it weren't. It's s***, it's horrible, but it's the truth.
"I replay that s*** every night in my head. It goes over and over in my head every single night what's happened, trying to think, if any slight things were different, it could have changed. Maybe if I'd let her stab me in the neck or throat, I would have survived and we wouldn't be in this situation. It's s*** and it's horrible, but the facts are, if Rebekah didn't attack me with the knife, we wouldn't be in this situation."