Postman who beheaded girlfriend then texted her mum jailed for 23 years

A postman who beheaded his girlfriend then coldly texted her mum has been jailed for life.

Ewan Methven faces a minimum of 23 years behind bars after admitting murdering his 21-year-old girlfriend Phoenix Spencer-Horn. Methven savagely killed his victim in the home they shared in on November 16 last year.

He also admitted decapitating Phoenix's body and texting her mother, pretending to be her.

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The High Court in Glasgow heard he killed her after the couple ordered a takeaway to their flat on a Saturday night.

Earlier that day, Methven, who worked as a postman for Royal Mail, had complained to his girlfriend that her waitress shifts made him “lonely”, and she had exchanged messages with her mother, Alison Spencer, at around 9.37pm, saying they were eating dinner.

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