UK: Violent thug slaughters ex-girlfriend, housemate following row over tap

Canterbury: A man in Kent, England, faces life imprisonment for stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her housemate to death following an argument over a tap.

According to a report in Daily Mail, the convict has been identified as 54-year-old Foster Christian, while the victims are Natasha Sadler-Ellis – mother of three – and her housemate Simon Gorecki.

A jury found Christian guilty on two murder charges and one charge of wounding with intent.

The incident took place on March 29 when Gorecki was taking bath at his house in Dickens Avenue, Canterbury, Kent. Christian got involved in an argument with Gorecki and Ellis when he turned on the kitchen tap, which changed the temperature of water in the bathroom.

The verbal fight turned violent when Christian stabbed the two with a knife. He stabbed Ellis in the heart and through her forehead to her jaw, while Gorecki sustained four stabbing wounds in the back and one in his lung.

Ellis’ son Connaugh Harris, 20, was at a 16-year-old boy’s home and was talking to his mother on phone when the fight broke out. He and the teen boy reached Ellis’ house after hearing the argument over the call, but they were attacked as well.

While Ellis and Gorecki died on the scene, Harris and the teenager sustained serious injuries. Christian had even called 911 after committing the crime, claiming that he was attacked.

Christian had, however, claimed that he attacked them in self-defence when Gorecki entered his room with a knife after calling him a “black bastard.” But investigators did not find any the knife allegedly used by Gorecki.

Christian took the help of a friend to hide the knife. However, investigators found it a day after the murders when the friend told them she threw the knife in River Stour in Canterbury.

Christian will be sentenced to death on Wednesday next week.