Emma-Jayne Magson (23) killed James Knight with a steak knife - a jury of six men and six women at Leicester Crown Court deliberated for just over seven hours before reaching a decision after a three-week trial.
A woman found guilty of murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him in the heart is facing a sentence of life imprisonment.
Emma-Jayne Magson (23) killed James Knight with a steak knife and then “sacrificed” him by delaying getting medical help, following a drunken row at her home in Sylvan Street, Newfoundpool, Leicester, in the early hours of Easter Sunday.
Magson had denied the 26-year-old’s murder, claiming she acted in self-defence.
But the jury of six men and six women at Leicester Crown Court deliberated for just over seven hours before reaching a decision, at the end of a three-week trial.
Magson showed no emotion as she stood in the dock with her arms folded, as the unanimous verdict was announced yesterday .
Mr Knight’s family and friends collectively shouted “yes,” when she was convicted.
After the verdict, his family released a statement in which they said: “James was a very happy, bouncy young man who made everyone&apos;s day brighter with a smile that was infectious. No-one will ever be able to forget it.
“We, as a family, will never be able to forget the night we received the heartbreaking news James had died.
“The heartache and pain James suffered will never go away, neither will the pain for those of us left behind.
Following the verdict, Judge Nicholas Dean QC remanded the mother-of-one into custody to await sentencing on Monday.
She nodded in acknowledgement before leaving court, flanked by dock officers.
The judge thanked the jurors for their close attention to the case which, he said, “must have been distressing to you as well”.
He told them: “The sentence for murder is life imprisonment.
The judge said the families of both the defendant and deceased had behaved with dignity throughout the proceedings and asked them to keep their emotions in check before the jury came into court to announce the verdict.
During the trial, Michael Evans QC, prosecuting, said Magson stabbed Mr Knight in the heart “in anger” and then delayed getting medical help until it was too late.
The prosecution case was that she stabbed him on the doorstep, or in the front room, after first arming herself with a knife.
Magson, who did not give evidence in court, claimed in a prepared written statement she had not realised she had seriously hurt him.
She stated she acted in self-defence when Mr Knight tried to strangle her in the kitchen, after they returned from a night out in the city centre – and she grabbed the nearest thing to hand, a steak knife from the sink.
Mr Knight, who was the father of two children from a former relationship, had been seeing Magson for about six months before she killed him.
His family’s statement also thanked police for their help.