When paramedics found a pulse he was re-arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and Clarke replied: "Sweet. Miss Bishop suffered irreparable brain damage and died in hospital four days after the attack which happened on May 29 this year. The number of times that screwdriver was inserted into his victim - no less than 29 times - almost beggars belief. "In the early hours of Tuesday May 29 around 6am a neighbour of Joanne Bishop heard a scream. "Joanne Bishop was 39 years of age and had been co-habiting with the defendant Shane Clarke for roughly six years.

Source: Daily Mirror September 13, 2018 20:26 UTC