A psychopath with a string of domestic violence convictions beat his lover to death in a row over Christmas presents two weeks after he was freed from jail.
Russian Anastasia Voykina, 23, moved in with Felipe Lopes because she was 'idealistic' and wanted to help him overcome his mental health issues, the Old Bailey heard.
But Lopes had a heated argument with her over a Christmas present and knocked their festive tree down the stairs, the court heard.
Killer: Felipe Lopes (left) beat Anastasia Voykina (right) to death after a row over a Christmas present
Later, he woke her by pouring a bottle of cola over her face before sexually assaulting and bludgeoning her with a hockey stick at their maisonette flat in Streatham, south London.
He left her body lying in the flat for more than a week with her leopard-print pyjama bottoms wrapped around her neck.
She was only found after she was listed as a missing person a week later, and police put out an appeal to find Lopes.
Lopes, 28, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
He said voices in his head told him to kill her and were saying: 'I'm her master'.
Prosecutor Zoe Johnson QC said: 'The evidence suggests that Anastasia lost her life because she was idealistic
SOURCE- DAILYM
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