Aaron McKenzie has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey today for killing his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend Kelly Fauvrelle and their baby.
The jilted boyfriend, 26, crept into Ms Fauvrelle’s bedroom in Thornton Heath, south London in the early hours of June 29 last year and stabbed her 21 times after he had found an online receipt for a gift she had bought her new partner.
McKenzie’s son baby Riley was delivered via emergency C-section at the scene – seven weeks before the due date – but died after four days on a ventilator in hospital.
Ms Fauvrelle’s family wept at the Old Bailey today as the jury foreman returned guilty verdicts following just two hours of deliberation.
Her relatives cheered as McKenzie was led away and one family member, believed to be a cousin of the victim shouted: ‘Baby killer.’
Judge Mark Lucraft gave him a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years and said:
“As is clear from the course if the trial you made no genuine expression or statement of remorse. The killing of Kelly was particularly violent and extreme.”
“In the aftermath you destroyed evidence and concealed evidence from police which may implicate you,’ he said, adding: ‘Your post death conduct involved you masquerading as an innocent person.”
Ms Fauvrelle’s mother, sister, and brothers endured hearing details of her terrible final moments and told the court how they tried everything to save her.
After the attack McKenzie took a driving lesson and pretended to the family he was devastated by Ms Fauvrelle’s death.
But jurors were told he used his intimate knowledge of the house to sneak in through her patio door which she kept open in the evening.
CCTV captured him stalking through the darkened streets before he vanished inside the house.
He left 11 minutes and 20 seconds later and dashed off along the same street in Thornton Heath in South London and off into the distance.
At trial McKenzie invented a killer called ‘Mike’ in an effort to beat the charge after initially confessing to police.
McKenzie told the court he had even extracted a confession out of him.
A statement by Kelly’s father, read by her cousin said:
“She was robbed of the chance to be a mother to her son Riley.
“Visions of what he did to my beautiful daughter haunt my dreams.”
Tearfully the cousin added:
“She was very small in size but had a big heart.
“The bond between her and her dad was so special. Kelly especially loved children and the whole family was looking forward to watching her becoming a mother.”
