Avril was conscious during 50 stabbings by ex

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.

Murder suspect Alan Daulby Jr put up a wall of silence for more than three years and blamed her death on a mystery intruder at the trial, which opened on Monday, claiming he remembered next to nothing about the day she died.

However, he sensationally admitted to the May 2009 killing after hearing witnesses — including his father, Alan Sr, and sister, who is married to his victim’s brother — give evidence against him.