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A transgender lady faces life behind bars after stabbing her killer boyfriend to demise after they met in a males’s jail. Aurin Makepeace met Steven Rothwell within the early 2010s earlier than transitioning intercourse, once they have been incarcerated for offences of wounding and homicide.

They grew to become a pair after their respective releases earlier than Rothwell, 41, was discovered within the toilet of his dwelling on August 19 final yr with a stab wound to the chest. Chester Crown Court heard that Makepeace, 43, fatally stabbed him with a kitchen knife at his flat in Macclesfield, Cheshire. CCTV from near Rothwell’s flat confirmed them each of them making a number of journeys to an area store to purchase alcohol while staying together with her lover – who additionally had one other girlfriend.

After committing the homicide, Makepeace made her method again to her dwelling in Prestatyn, north Wales, however on the best way contacted pals to admit that she had “killed Steven” and mentioned she had “murdered my boyfriend”.

She claimed that she had stabbed him as a result of he had been strangling her.

Around 10pm on 19 August, Makepeace made a 999 name to North Wales Police, claiming to be nonetheless at her sufferer’s flat. She initially informed the decision handler her identify was ‘Luchay’ – her center identify – however then mentioned it was ‘Katie’, the identify of Rothwell’s girlfriend.

She mentioned she had stabbed Mr Rothwell as a result of he was violent in direction of her and had crushed her, begging the operator to ship assist to her.

Police officers raced to the flat in Macclesfield and located Mr Rothwell, alone, useless on the kitchen flooring. Makepeace was arrested in Prestatyn the next afternoon.

A autopsy examination revealed he had died from a stab wound to his chest and Makepeace was arrested and charged with homicide.

In police interview, Makepeace modified her story once more and mentioned that Mr Rothwell had picked up the knife himself on the day of his demise as he had found his present girlfriend was untrue.

She mentioned Mr Rothwell was going to kill the opposite man and she or he had tried to cease him however the knife had by chance “gone into his chest”.

Makepeace denied homicide and the case went to trial with the Crown Prosecution Service revealing a Home Office pathologist report that discovered Makepeace’s rationalization of why the knife had gone into Mr Rothwell’s chest as “highly unlikely”.

The CPS additionally highlighted the truth that Makepeace took a number of hours earlier than she informed the police what had occurred, lied that she was on the scene when she rang the police and likewise confessed to pals that she had murdered Mr Rothwell.

On Wednesday a jury at Chester Crown Court discovered Makepeace responsible of homicide. She can be sentenced at a later date.

Senior Crown Prosecutor Rachel Worthington, of CPS Mersey-Cheshire, mentioned: “Aurin Makepeace stabbed Steven Rothwell and then left him to die alone. She made no attempt to get any medical help for him.

“The reasons why she murdered him are known only to her. The jury have seen through Makepeace’s layers of lies.

“The Crown Prosecution Service would like to thank the many witnesses in this case that have helped us bring Makepeace to justice for this brutal murder. The CPS would also like to take this opportunity to offer our condolences the family and friends of Mr Rothwell at this very difficult time.”