Killer who murdered flatmate for refusing to have sex says he was a 'pressure cooker waiting to blow'

A man who 'lost control' and stabbed his flatmate through the heart after she refused him sex has been jailed for 17 years for her murder.
Gary Stevenson, killed 25-year-old Katy Rourke at the flat they shared in Govan, Glasgow, in December last year after the pair had been drinking.


The 27-year-old told a court he had been a "pressure cooker" waiting to blow and the "wheels were coming off" in many areas of his personal life before the "wrong place, wrong time" attack.
He said he "cracked" and "totally lost control" before repeatedly punching Ms Rourke, originally from Broughty Ferry near Dundee, then getting a kitchen knife and stabbing her three times.

 

Gary Stevenson has admitted murdering his flatmate after claiming she refused to have sex with him.

He pleaded guilty to the murder last month and the case had been continued for background reports.
Jailing him for life at the High Court in Edinburgh today, judge Lady Rae said he should reflect on having "needlessly and brutally" taken Ms Rourke's life.