Heartbroken woman confronts her obsessed ex

A heartbroken woman confronted her obsessed ex-boyfriend in court, telling him 'I will always regret the day I met you' as he was jailed for 28 years for stabbing her new lover to death in his own bed.

Kaydon Prior, 23, screamed, 'I love you' to his ex, Alicia Parrin, while he stabbed Harrison Tomkins, 25, with a 16cm long hunting blade, on August 13 last year. 

Chichester Crown Court heard how he went into a jealous rage when he found Ms Parrin, 21, with Mr Tomkins, 25, and knifed him to death. 

Prior and his accomplice Jason Curtis, 22, were jailed for life after a jury found them both guilty of murdering Mr Tomkins.

Alicia Parrin counted the blows as she delivered her powerful victim statement to a packed courtroom.

'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. That's how many times he put the knife in Harrison,' she said.

Kaydon Prior, 23, (left) and his accomplice Jason Curtis, 22, (right) were jailed for life after a jury found them both guilty of murdering Mr Tomkins 

Chichester Crown Court heard how Prior went into a jealous rage when he found his ex-girlfriend with Mr Tomkins (pictured) and knifed him to death on August 13 last year

Alicia Parrin (pictured) counted the blows as she delivered her powerful victim statement to a packed courtroom

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She continued: 'I was 19 when I first met him and I will always regret the day.

'I don't think I'll ever truly be able to recover from the trauma of what he did to me and what he did to Harrison.

'I don't think I'll ever be able to un-see what I saw that night. The amount of blood that was on the bed. 

'It was like the sheets had been dyed red.'

Fighting back tears, she added: 'Everything was in slow motion. I felt weak. I couldn't do anything to help Harrison.'

Prior will spend at least 28 years in prison before he can apply for parole.

Curtis, who did not stab Harrison Tomkins, will spent a minimum of 22 years in prison.

Miss Parrin, now 21, said she felt completely helpless as her ex attacked her new lover. 

She described leisure centre lifeguard Mr Harrison as the complete opposite of jealous, controlling neat freak Prior.

She said: 'I will ever be able to leave behind the fear he instilled in me. He didn't allow me to think for myself.

Prior screamed, 'I love you' to his ex while he stabbed Harrison Tomkins with a 16cm long hunting blade on August 13 last year. Pictured: Mr Tomkins 

Prior phoned his ex-girlfriend twice after leaving her flat in bloodstained clothes as she was desperately calling 999. When emergency services arrived, she was covered in blood. Pictured: A screenshot of footage of Prior being arrested

A Met Police still of Kaydon Prior who launched a frenzied attack against Mr Tomkins

Following a night out in London with best friend Curtis they went to Ms Parrin's flat in Crawley

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'I've lost my confidence in my own abllilty to make decisions.'

As he left the flat, Prior grabbed Alicia by the hair and punched her saying: 'I should stab you too.'

Miss Parrin said she had lost her innocence and her teenage years, with even the sound of keys in a door brings back memories of the attack.

She continued: 'I'm trapped in the nightmare of that night again.

'Before all of this, I used sleep to stop him hurting me. I can't do that any more.

'Whenever I close my eyes I see him coming into my room and doing those horrible things again.'    

Both Prior and Cutis wore black coats and ties at the Crown Court in Brighton where Judge Jeremy Gold KC said they had executed a carefully planned killing of a man neither of them knew or had any reason to harm.

He told Prior: 'This brutal murder was borne out of your obsession with Alicia Parrin.

A police officer stands in the door of the block of flats in Arthur Road, Crawley where the attack took place 

As Prior left the flat, he grabbed Ms Parrin by the hair and punched her and said: 'I should stab you too.' Prior tried to dismiss her screams coming from her flat as the sounds of good sex when he was confronted by neighbours. Pictured: CCTV footage of Prior

The ex-girlfriend described Prior as controlling and violent during their year long relationship and told police the obsessive neat freak was a drug dealer. Pictured: CCTV image of Curtis and Prior

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'She was exhausted by your coercive and controlling behaviour and made it clear to you she would no longer put up with it.

'You would not and could not accept that simple fact.'

The judge said Prior had gone back to his own flat leaving Curtis to keep watch at Ms Parrin's.

'You went back to get the keys to her flat and to collect your knife, the murder weapon,' the judge said.

Neither showed any emotion as the verdicts were handed down.

Both glanced back at their families in the public gallery as they were taken down.

Harrison and Alicia had spent their first night together and were sleeping when Prior and Curtis burst into the Crawley flat on August 13, last year.

Prior, described as jealous and controlling, ripped the duvet off before pinning Harrison Tomkins to the bed and stabbing him to death with a 16cm long hunting knife.

The jury were shown harrowing images of her blood soaked bed and police body worn video of her moments after the attack. Pictured: CCTV image of Prior

Air conditioning fitter Curtis (pictured) acted as lookout while Prior went back to his own apartment to collect keys to Ms Parrin's flat and the knife. Pictured: At the time of arrest

Prior pictured being taken away by a police officer. He claimed the brutal murder was 'self-defence'

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A witness described Prior screaming: 'I love you,' at Miss Parrin as he repeatedly stabbed Harrison.

The Crown Court in Chichester heard Prior refused to accept his relationship with Alicia Parrin had ended.

Following a night out in London with best friend Jason Curtis, 22, they went to Alicia's flat in Crawley.

Curtis stayed behind while Prior returned to his own flat where he had a set of keys to Alicia's home.

He returned with the keys and the knife.

Alicia described Prior as controlling and violent during their year long relationship.

She told police the obsessive neat freak was a drug dealer. A search of his flat recovered £8175 in cash.

Prior tried to dismiss her screams coming from her flat as the sounds of good sex when he was confronted by neighbours.

Prior phoned Alicia twice after leaving her flat in bloodstained clothes as she was desperately calling 999.

A forensic officer at the scene of the gruesome attack. Police and paramedics were on the scene within minutes and performed emergency first aid

The Crown Court in Chichester heard Prior had refused to accept his relationship with Alicia Parrin had ended

Friends and family hold a picture of Mr Tomkins following the verdict at Chichester Crown Court

When emergency services arrived, Alicia was covered in blood.

The jury were shown harrowing images of her blood soaked bed and police body worn video of her moments after the attack.

Amateur boxer Harrison Tomkins was described as tall, muscular and well loved.

He worked with Alicia at the K2 leisure centre in Crawley and the pair first got together with Alicia after winning a charity boxing match.

The jury found both men guilty of murder and having an offensive weapon.

Prior was also found guilty of assaulting Alicia Parrin.

The court heard Prior had previous convictions for burglary and possession of drugs.