A mum-of-two has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death at their flat.
Elizabeth Hart-Browne, 27, is accused of fatally knifing her 25-year-old partner, Stephen Raynor, at their west London home.
A horrified friend described how Mr Raynor staggered outside the ground-floor flat, barefoot and in his boxers, on Saturday night.
The young man then reportedly collapsed in a pool of blood, as Hart-Browne, a jewellery designer, tried to stem bleeding from his neck.
Mr Raynor was pronounced dead in hospital less than an hour later.
Hart-Browne was arrested and taken to a north London police station following the alleged stabbing at the Hanwell flat at around 11pm.
Last night, she was charged with murder, the Metropolitan Police said.
The force added that she will appear in custody at Ealing Magistrates' Court today.
Earlier yesterday, the unidentified friend described how Hart-Browne desperately tried to stop the bleeding from her boyfriend's neck after he collapsed.
The woman said of the entrepreneur: "She's holding the wound to his neck to try and stop the bleeding.
"There were pools of blood everywhere outside the door and on the floor, it was terrible."
Hart-Browne reportedly works in Shepherds Bush as a designer jewellery maker, while Mr Raynor had just started a new job in a telesales call centre.
The couple are said to have been together five years and have a two-year-old son. Hart-Browne also has a daughter from a previous relationship.
Scotland Yard confirmed yesterday that a murder investigation had been launched.
A spokesperson said: "Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command led by Detective Chief Inspector Lee Watling are investigating."
A post-mortem examination will be held 'in due course', they added
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