Chilling moment Birmingham killer Pablo Hoad dialled 999 after knifing Shannon Stanley to death

This is the chilling moment a killer called police after knifing a 27-year-old woman to death to admit - "I've just stabbed a girl through the throat."

Pablo Hoad, 28, repeatedly plunged a blade into the head and neck of Shannon Stanley at a flat in Small Heath, Birmingham, on May 10 last year.

A court heard Hoad and his girlfriend had spent the evening with Shannon and a friend when an argument broke out between Shannon and the defendant. Hoad dragged Shannon into the kitchen where he slammed her against the worktop and stabbed her in a frenzied attack before fleeing the house.

Friends called for an ambulance and provided emergency first aid to Shannon, but she was pronounced dead at the scene despite the efforts of medics.

After fleeing the address, Hoad returned to his home and called police, telling the call handler: “I’m the perpetrator, not the victim. I went too far. I'll be honest, I stabbed a girl through the throat. You know it's going to me so I thought I'd call up and tell you where I am."

Dramatic body-cam footage shows him being arrested from his home in Whitmore Road, Small Heath. Hoad was found guilty of manslaughter on Thursday (December 21) and will be sentenced in February next year.

After the case Shannon’s family said in a tribute: “Shannon was a daughter, sister, niece and much loved by us all and all her friends. Shannon was living in Birmingham and enjoying life. Her life has now ended in the most violent way.

"She was at home with her friends where she should have been safe but the actions of Pablo Hoad that night took her life and her future away. He has taken our beloved Shannon away when he could have just walked away instead of doing what he did.

"We would like to thank the police who have worked hard to bring us to this point and grateful for the people who tried to help Shannon. Our lives will never be the same without her and she is missed terribly by us all."

Detective Inspector Jim Mahon, from West Midlands Police CID, said: “Hoad lost control and repeatedly stabbed Shannon and although he claims he never meant it to get out of hand, he never sought any help for her.

"Instead he ran home leaving Shannon fatally injured. Shannon had many people who loved and cared for her. I hope that they can feel some sense of justice following this result at court.