Alexis Durant murder: Andrew Hall-Venmore jailed
A man has been jailed after he admitted stabbing his girlfriend to death during an argument.
Police said Andrew Hall-Venmore, 30, tried to kill him himself by taking a drugs overdose after murdering his 42-year-old girlfriend Alexis Durant.
A relative of Ms Durant discovered her body at her flat in Loughborough, Leicestershire, on 20 February.
Hall-Venmore, from Coalville, was given a life sentence and ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years and 11 months.
Det Ch Insp Simon Cure, who led the murder investigation, said: "This was a callous assault in which the victim sustained a fatal stab wound from the man she was in a relationship with.
"The family of Alexis have been left devastated by his actions."
He encouraged other victims of domestic violence to contact police.
After Hall-Venmore was jailed at Leicester Crown Court, Ms Durant's family said in a statement: "We have lost Alexis in the most violent of ways and the void of that can never be filled.
"Alexis was a loving person who had an ability to make everyone who knew her laugh."
Police said the couple had argued in the days leading up to Ms Durant's death.
A neighbour heard arguing from her flat in Gallico Close on 18 February, before it went quiet.
Hall-Venmore then went to stay at a friend's house, where he took a drugs overdose and was taken to hospital on 19 February.
A post-mortem examination discovered Ms Durant suffered three stab wounds, one of which was fatal.