Karl Bloxham was found lying on the floor at the home he shared with Ellishia Allen in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, with Allen kneeling close to his head covered in blood

A boyfriend was was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by his ex-glamour model girlfriend has been pictured for the first time.

Karl Bloxham was found lying on the floor at the home he shared with Ellishia Allen in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, with Allen kneeling close to his head covered in blood.

The 29-year-old plunged a knife into her former partner on July 29 last year after he sent her a text saying: It's over'.

She has been jailed for life for his murder.

Paramedics tried to save the father-of-two's life for 35 minutes but was pronounced dead at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham later that night.

A court heard Allen attacked Mr Bloxham, 39, with the 12cm blade when he returned to their home after he had been for a drink with work colleagues.

The former model then called emergency services, saying: 'I've just stabbed my boyfriend. He's dying in front of me. I've just stabbed him. He was calling me names. He was drunk.

'I've got a mental health problem. I just grabbed the knife and I've just stabbed him in his heart. I didn't know where I was stabbing him and I've stabbed him to death.'

Allen also gave her address to the telephone operator and added: 'He's dead.. His eyes are open and he's dead...he's not moving...and I stabbed him.'

Allen today admitted murder at Nottingham Crown Court and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years behind bars.

Judge Gregory Dickinson QC said: 'I'm absolutely sure you picked up a knife and used it because you were angry because Mr Bloxham decided to leave you.'

The 29-year-old plunged a knife into her former partner on July 29 last year after he sent her a text saying: It's over'

The couple started a relationship with Mr Bloxham in 2011 but it was 'volatile and unpredictable' almost from the outset, the court heard.

On the night of the murder, neighbour told police they heard loud thumping sounds coming from the flat as well as Allen shouting, doors slamming and their dog barking.

Another resident heard Allen shouting 'Karl, please don't leave me' and a third heard a male voice shouting 'stop, you're hurting me'.

In a victim impact statement, Mr Bloxham's sister Kylie Petrice said: 'I miss him. I regret I did not tell him enough that I loved him.'

Allen today admitted murder at Nottingham Crown Court and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years behind bars

Allen had a string of previous convictions including for lashing out at air stewards on a flight

Mr Bloxham's father Ted also said he had lost his son and his best friend. He added: 'We have a life sentence ourselves that will never go away.'

The court heard Allen had been an alcoholic and had the characteristics of emotionally unstable personality disorder as well as having bulimia and anorexia.

She has previous convictions for assaulting police and for being drunk on an aeroplane.

She was spared jail in 2008 after she forced an airplane to make an emergency landing when she lashed out at British Airways cabin crew after losing her bag in the plane’s toilet.