The jury in the case of Joshua Stimpson, accused of murdering his former partner, Molly McLaren, have now started their deliberations.

Judge Adele Williams finished summing up of the case first thing and then sent the jury out to consider their verdicts.

Stimpson, 26, is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her in a shopping centre car park in June last year.

Stimpson admitted manslaughter, claiming diminished responsibly, but has denied the murder of 23-year-old university student Molly.

Stimpson, of High Street, Wouldham, attacked Molly with a knife as she sat in her Citroen C2 car at the Dockside Outlet shopping centre in Chatham on the morning of Thursday, June 29.

He was arrested at the scene.

Molly, who lived in Cobham and was a former student at North Kent College in Dartford, suffered slash and stab wounds to her chest, neck and throat.

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