SKIRMISHER

James Conan strangled Kirsty O’Connell, 21, before stabbing her 20 times. He then played with their four-year-old son Patrick, before smothering him.

They were found at a flat in Woolford Close, Winchester, in August 2007. Patrick’s body had a torch in one hand.

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On 3 August Conan, whose original surname was Walsh, killed Miss O’Connell and severed her jugular vein before lighting a cigarette and playing with Patrick, known as PJ, for half an hour.

Afterwards he took him to the main bedroom of their council flat, smothered him with a pillow and bathed him.

The youngster was then taken back to his room and “laid out ceremoniously” with items put around him, including a toy dagger and guns and a torch in his hand.

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