Avril Flanagan had been stabbed so many times that her mother thought she was wearing red.

The mother of Avril Flanagan revealed last night she is haunted by visions of her daughter’s killer cleaning up while Avril lay dead on his floor.

The jilted lover of Avril Flanagan was last night facing 20 years behind bars after being convicted of her murder.

Avril Flanagan’s killer apologised to her family moments after dramatically confessing in court that he had stabbed his ex-girlfriend nearly 50 times — an attack during which she was conscious the entire time.