WATCH: The moment killer Michael Marler jumps from second storey window after attack
Date published: 03 August 2018
Michael Marler jumped from a second storey window
This is the moment killer Michael Marler from Oldham leaps from a two storey window after stabbing his girlfriend 15 times at a flat in Manchester.
He was convicted of murdering Danielle Richardson on Thursday and sentenced to life behind bars with a minimum term of 21 years on Friday.
The court heard how on Monday 12 February 2018, Marler had driven to the flat on Swan Street with the 24-year-old where they had a reservation for two evenings.
The following day, Marler began arguing with Danielle before beating her and fatally stabbing her 15 times.
He subsequently dialled ‘999’ but disconnected the call before it was answered.
Marler then leapt from the second storey flat window where he landed on the roof of a black Hyundai parked on the street below.
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He jumped in to the passenger’s seat and assaulted the 59-year-old woman sat in the driver’s seat of the car.
Marler then went on a rampage and assaulted a 24-year-old man as well as damaging a number of cars in Ancoats.
Meanwhile, emergency calls were being made to GMP and officers were sent to the area where they managed to detain him on Oldham Road.
Once detained, officers went into the flat on Swan Street and found the body of Danielle Richardson.
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