A man who stabbed his girlfriend more than 30 times as she slept, before killing their daughter, has been found guilty of their murders.
In June, Anthony Marsh, 22, stabbed 10-month-old Lili and Stephanie Bellinger, 24, at their Totton, near Southampton, home.
He denied murder, but acknowledged the killings on the grounds of diminished responsibility, saying he heard voices in his head.
On Wednesday, Marsh will receive his sentencing.
After ten hours of deliberations, a jury at Winchester Crown Court found Marsh guilty on both charges.
Marsh left the couple’s two-and-a-half-year-old kid confined inside the house for more than thirty hours, according to testimony previously given to the court. Marsh did not kill the boy.
‘Distressing scene’
Concerned, Ms. Bellinger’s mother and sister stormed into the family home where they saw a “truly distressing scene,” the court was told.
A few days later, Marsh told police he heard voices urging him to kill Ms. Bellinger when he was taken into custody in neighbouring Fareham.
According to what the court heard, he walked downstairs, grabbed a knife, and attacked his sleeping companion.
Throughout the two-week trial, the jury was informed that Marsh had bipolar disorder and that his family owed £13,000 in part because he had lost his job after stealing from the tavern where he worked.
Frequently leaving the family home, he travelled to other cities and slept on the streets until turning himself in at hospitals.
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