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A man who walked into Ilford Police Station eating a takeaway before admitting he had done 'the worst thing' has been jailed for life.

A man who walked into a police station in Ilford eating a takeaway before admitting he'd done 'the worst thing' has been jailed for murder. Mark Donovan, 39, has been imprisoned for life after ...

Mark Donovan, 39, inflicted 70 separate injuries on 37-year-old Elise Mason in a sustained attack at his address in Great Baddow, on April 25, 2023. Essex Police's investigation began after ...

Elise Mason's body was found with more than 70 injuries at Mark Donovan's home in Great Baddow near Chelmsford in April 2023. Donovan had a drink at his local pub after killing the 37-year-old ...

A man who strangled and beat his estranged wife to death has been handed a life sentence. Elise Mason's body was found with more than 70 injuries at Mark Donovan's home in Great Baddow near Chelmsford ...

The killer strangled the mum-of-two and battered her with a lamp at his address in Great Baddow, on April 25, 2023. He then headed to his local pub to throw Elise's phone in the toilet.

He drank at the pub and concealed his victim's phone in the pub's toilets.

Elise, a mother of two, was brutally attacked by her ex-partner, Mark Donovan, 39, at his home in Great Baddow on April 25. She sustained 70 separate injuries in the assault, which led to her death.