«Breaking News» Father found guilty of murdering his eight-year-old daughter Mylee

Mylee Billingham was stabbed to death at a house in the West Midlands on January 20

A factory worker who stabbed his eight-year-old daughter in the chest in an apparent act of revenge against his ex-partner has been found guilty of murder.

William Billingham, 55, used a kitchen knife to kill Mylee Billingham after dragging her by the coat into his bungalow - moments after holding the blade to the neck of her mother, Tracey Taundry.

A trial at Birmingham Crown Court heard how Miss Taundry dialled 999 from outside Billingham's house in Brownhills, near Walsall, telling operators to hurry as Mylee was screaming 'stop it daddy'.

Jurors deliberated for around 80 minutes before unanimously convicting Billingham of murder and a separate charge of making a threat to kill 34-year-old Miss Taundry. He will be sentenced tomorrow.

The unemployed factory worker opted not to give evidence, claiming he had no memory of stabbing Mylee through the chest, and was guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter due to depression.

But prosecutors argued that Billingham 'turned his anger' on Mylee to spite Miss Taundry after she began a same-sex relationship.

Opening the case at the start of the trial, prosecutor Karim Khalil QC said of the killing: It was swift, deliberate, clinical, brutal. It was not some manic unfocused assault.

'This was no accident and it was not a slight injury - it was a deep, violent thrust of a lethal weapon into the most vulnerable part of his young daughter's body.'

Her father William was found guilty of killing her to get back at her mother, Tracey Taundry (right)

The court heard Billingham knifed Mylee to death just 15 minutes after posting a photo on Facebook of her smiling and eating pizza on a bed (pictured) 

The court heard Billingham knifed Mylee to death just 15 minutes after posting a photo on Facebook of her smiling and eating pizza on a bed. 

A pathologist told jurors that Mylee, who died from a single stab wound to the chest, also had an injury to her lip area suggesting a hand was placed over her mouth.

Killer cut his wrists in cell after jurors were shown CCTV footage of his daughter on the night she died

The jurors were not told Bellingham had cut his wrists in his cell - using razor blades - part-way through his trial.

Billingham underwent surgery after the apparent attempt to end his own life in the early hours of September 21 - a day after his trial was shown CCTV footage of his daughter Mylee in a shop on the night he killed her.

The former leather industry worker looked at the floor and covered his eyes with his hands as the two-minute video was shown to jurors on the third day of his trial.

The father-of-six then failed to appear in court until the following week - when jurors were told to disregard the bandages on his lower arms, and given no details of how he came by his injuries.

In legal argument which could not be reported until the end of the trial, defence barrister David Mason QC said seeing CCTV of Mylee had badly affected Billingham, who spent four days in hospital.

On the morning Billingham was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital from HMP Birmingham, Mr Mason told the court his client had experienced 'some sort of breakdown' overnight, during which he was injured.

Billingham was eventually brought back to court on Tuesday September 25 - arriving in a taxi with a police escort, as his wounds meant he could not be handcuffed or placed in a prison van. 

Brett Lockyer said injuries found during a post-mortem examination included a 'superficial' linear incised wound on her right middle finger.

Billingham's decision to stab his daughter in an apparent attempt to take revenge on her mother has been described by a senior detective as the most selfish act imaginable.

Detective Inspector Jim Colclough, of the West Midlands Police homicide unit, believes Billingham was unhappy with Tracey Taundry's new relationship, despite claiming he had no problems with it.

Speaking after Billingham was convicted of murder, Mr Colclough said the 55-year-old had shown no remorse when interviewed - and only sought to help himself as Mylee lay dying.

The killer's trial was told that officers kicked a knife away from near Billingham's hands, moving it underneath a rug, as they tried to treat him and his daughter.

During their efforts, Billingham kicked out at one officer, ignored repeated requests for information about what had happened to Mylee, and only related information about his own breathing problems.

Mr Colclough said: 'The initial attending police officers demonstrated real bravery in going into the premises, where the information was that there was a man armed with a kitchen knife.

'They were confronted by extremely upsetting scenes (with Mylee lying injured under her father) and everybody worked together tirelessly to try and save her.

'The first responders were an absolute credit to their respective services.'

Commenting on the murder, Mr Colclough said: 'It's the most selfish act you can think of. It is the greatest breach of trust that you can imagine as a father.

'Mylee was an eight-year-old girl. She had every reason to believe that Billingham was the most trusted person in the world. To carry out an act and actually take Mylee's life ... it's terrible.'

Asked for his view on the possible motivation for the killing, the senior detective added: 'Tracey had embarked on a new relationship. This is a relationship she was open and honest about.

'It's our view that actually Billingham was not as happy with that situation as he'd made out. Whether that be through jealousy ... he decided on that evening to take actions into his own hands.'

The trial was told that Miss Taundry was outside Billingham's address for a number of minutes, not knowing what was taking place inside.

Mr Colclough said: 'The 999 call is a terrible thing to listen to. Tracey was beside herself with concern.

'Officers were in the address for tens of minutes working on Mylee and at that time Tracey was unaware as to how serious the events were that had unfolded inside that address.'

Miss Taundry had taken great comfort from support from the Brownhills community, but she and other family members were absolutely devastated by Mylee's death, the officer said.

He added: 'She will never heal from this situation. Mylee will always be missing. She will always be missing a daughter and Mylee's sisters will always be missing a sister.'

Ms Taundry saw her ex take their daughter back into the house with a knife, the court heard

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Mylee Billingham was stabbed to death at a house in the West Midlands on January 20

A factory worker who stabbed his eight-year-old daughter in the chest in an apparent act of revenge against his ex-partner has been found guilty of murder.
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