Man's four chilling words after returning home from 'stabbing young mum 45 times'

Aimee Cannon, 26, from Scotland, was recovered lying dormant connected her children's toys. Suspect Michael Porchetta returned location and engaged successful mean speech with his household and went consecutive to work

A antheral accused of stabbing a young mum to decease said 4 chilling words erstwhile helium returned home, according to his family.

Michael Porchetta, 28, from Scotland, allegedly knifed Aimee Cannon, 26, successful the stomach, chest, cervix and head, a full of 45 times. She was recovered dormant "lying connected children's toys" astatine her location successful West Calder, West Lothian.

After Porchetta was deemed unfit to basal trial, details emerged during an introspection of facts proceeding astatine the High Court successful Edinburgh. The High Court heard Porchetta returned location to his uncle Robert Nicoll, 59, and sister Gabriella, 29, and described his nighttime and said "aye it was alright."

Porchetta, who lives with his uncle and sister pursuing the decease of his parents, arrived location astatine astir 7am connected May 7, 2022. Recalling the conversation, Mr Nicoll said: "I asked him however his nighttime was. He said ‘aye it was alright’ and helium went upstairs. He changed his apparel and went retired to work."

The details emerged during an introspection of facts proceeding aft Porchetta was deemed unfit to basal trial. The unfortunate was besides subjected to ‘multiple cleanable chopped wounds’ connected her scalp during the bloodied attack, reports Daily Record.

A tattoo connected her assemblage speechmaking ‘One beingness 1 chance’ was disposable during the harrowing locomotion done the blood-splattered location aft her death. Aimee was discovered by her dada Vince erstwhile helium came to her location the adjacent time and the alarm was raised. Porchetta, who lived nearby, past spent 3 days denying helium had thing to bash with the death.

But his sister, who was said to person recovered humor connected his jeans, told him to spell to the police, the tribunal heard. Porchetta was charged with murdering mum-of-two Aimee by punching her and stabbing her “on the caput and assemblage with a weapon oregon knives”. He is further accused of stealing Aimee’s phone, keys and underwear.

And helium is accused of attempting to pervert the people of justness by disposing of the leaf and washing her humor from his trainers. Agreed grounds betwixt the prosecution and defence was work by advocator depute John McElroy KC. He said: "The station mortem concluded the deceased died of aggregate crisp unit injuries.

“She had astatine slightest 45 stab wounds and aggregate cleanable chopped wounds connected her scalp and some hands.” Forensic idiosyncratic Laura Wilcock told the court: “The deceased’s assemblage was recovered with her caput lying connected children’s toys.” The tribunal heard Porchetta returned location astir 5pm and ate his meal earlier a pistillate arrived and went up to his room.

On Sunday afternoon, helium went retired to spot Mr Nicoll portion helium was gardening. The witnesser said successful evidence: "Michael came retired to spot me, helium seemed upset. He said to maine ‘the lassie’s been murdered up the street. My pals told me.’ Michael said helium had been up astatine her location connected Friday night. He ever went there.

"He said helium had been taking drugs. Then helium said his pals had called him and told him Aimee had been stabbed." Sister Garbriella, 29, a lawman complaint nurse, told the tribunal she smelled what she thought was humor connected Porchetta’s jeans.

She said this happened connected the Saturday erstwhile she went to get them for the wash. She said: "I asked Michael wherever it came from and helium said helium had chopped his thumb aft catching it connected a barbed ligament fence. He besides said helium had been to Aimee’s location connected Friday nighttime but near astir midnight. He denied doing thing to Aimee."

Gabriella added that the household were disquieted astir his maltreatment of cocaine. She said: "Michael said helium had to halt arsenic it was f***ing him up successful the head." Uncle Robert Nicoll told defence KC Gary Allan: "He was ever asking maine for money." Mr Allan said: "Did you larn that helium was taking cocaine regularly?" The witnesser said: "Yes.".

The lawyer asked: "Did it go a interest successful the family?" The witnesser replied: "Yes." The proceeding heard this week however Porchetta again told his sister that helium had near Aimee ‘safe and well’. But she called the constabulary and told him helium had to talk to them. Further witnesses described to the tribunal Porchetta ‘trying it on’ with Aimee but her rebuffing him and saying he’s ‘just my wee pal.’

Alistair Wilson, 28, said: "Aimee told maine erstwhile that Michael had travel connected to her but she told him they were conscionable pals." Robert Aitken, 30, added: "Mikey tried it connected with her 2 months earlier her death." A 3rd witness, John Honeyman said determination had antecedently been an incidental involving Aimee and Porchetta.

The 33-year-old said she had contacted him successful the months earlier her decease to effort to get Porchetta to permission her location connected 1 peculiar evening. He said: "She seemed anxious, alarmed and upset. Panicking."

The hearing, earlier justice Lord Mulholland, continues.