First picture of killer who laughed as she told neighbour she had 'just stabbed' her partner

A killer laughed as she told a neighbour she had "just stabbed" her partner who was later found dead, a court has heard. Qualified teacher Carrie McGuinness knifed partner Steven Davies who later rang a friend and said: "I'm dying." Days later another friend went to 39-year-old Mr Davies' home in Glyncoch near Pontypridd and could see his friend "naked and face-down on his bed".

Police officers attended the scene and found Mr Davies lying hunched over a bloodied bed while his "face appeared green". Divorced mother-of-two McGuinness, 35, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on December 6 after being arrested on suspicion of Mr Davies' murder to which she pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutor Jonathan Rees KC opened the facts of the case at a sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday. He said: “On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, a friend of Steven Davies named Gareth Dale called the police reporting that he had gone to Davies’ ground-floor flat at 192 Garth Avenue, Glyncoch, concerned as he not had contact with him for some days. Mr Dale looked through the window of his flat to his see his friend naked and face-down on his bed. Mr Dale thought that his friend was dead.”

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Police officers Christopher Milkes and Rhian Stickler attended the address at 11.30am and after forcing their way into the flat. There was a strong smell and upon entering the bedroom they saw the body of Mr Davies. Mr Rees said: “Mr Davies was naked apart from a pair of slippers and he was in a kneeling position over a child seat at the base of the bed with his body hunched over and face-down onto the double bed. His legs were stained from his bottom downwards and