THE niece of Britain’s junior defence minister told police she was a “monster” after saying she was responsible for the stabbing death of a young Frenchman in 2007, a French court heard yesterday.

The niece of a British defence minister today admitted stabbing her lover to death but said she had no memory of the killing.

The niece of British defence minister Quentin Davies went on trial in France today accused of killing her lover during a frenzied sex game.

A father and son were killed at a fairground outside Paris when a mechanical ride malfunctioned, throwing them violently to the ground, police said today.