Jealous husband strangled his artist wife to death in family home as their two daughters slept in their bedrooms - before he made several botched attempts to kill himself
Paul Knight strangled his wife - 32-year-old Isobella 'Izzy' Knight - inside their home in Donnington Road, Burton Latimer, while their two daughters lay in bed asleep.
A sales manager has admitted murdering his wife on the day he was due to stand trial for the crime.
Jealous Paul Knight strangled his wife - 32-year-old Isobella 'Izzy' Knight - inside their home in Donnington Road, Burton Latimer, while their two daughters lay in bed asleep.
The following morning, he asked his mother to look after their two daughters, claiming he and Mrs Knight were unwell.
Once the daughters were collected from the family's home, he made unsuccessful attempts to end his own life before leaving the property and crashing his car in the car park of the nearby McDonald's restaurant.
Knight had previously admitted the manslaughter of the beloved mother and daughter but had denied murdering his wife at their home in June last year.
But this morning, as a two week trial had been due to start, the 36-year-old changed his plea to guilty.
Knight, an area sales manager for a pottery business, kept his head bowed during a brief hearing.
It was attended by multiple members of both Knight's and his wife's family.
His barrister, John Lloyd-Jones KC explained to Northampton Crown Court that he had met with his client before Christmas and he had decided to admit murder.
Mr Lloyd-Jones said: 'He has never denied that he unlawfully killed the victim in this case.
'He pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the first opportunity.
Isobella 'Izzy' Knight was described as 'beautiful, inside and out' by her family
Paul Knight had previously admitted the manslaughter of the beloved mother and daughter
The body of Izzy Knight, 32, was discovered by police at the semi-detached home she shared in Northamptonshire with husband Paul and their two daughters
'The events of that night have been a source of huge anguish for him as, of course he accepts, they have been for a very large number of other people.'
Mr Lloyd-Jones then asked that the count of murder could be put to his client again.
As the clerk read the charge, Knight looked down and then replied 'guilty'.
Her Honour Judge Adrienne Lucking warned Knight that there was only one sentence she could pass, that of life imprisonment, but that she must decide the minimum amount of time he will serve before he becomes eligible for parole.
Judge Lucking added: 'I commend the dignity and calm displayed in the court room today.'
The Knights lived with their two young daughters on a modern estate in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.
It emerged at the time of the death in June that Mrs Knight's body was discovered by police at the address after officers attended the property while investigating a car crashing into a nearby McDonald's restaurant car park.