Paul Knight
| AKA | |
| DOB | 1990 |
| Occupation | |
| Kill Total | 1 |
| Kill Place | Burton Latimer |
| Kill Date | Jun 2024 |
| M.O. | Strangulation |
| Victim | Isobella Knight - 32 |
| Court | Northampton Crown court |
| Judge | Her honour Judge Lucking KC |
| Prosceution | Pavlos Panayi KC |
| Defence | |
| Case No: | 34NA054925 |
Background (2022–2024)
• Marital problems and significant debt.
• Paul Knight had a 10‑year cocaine addiction.
• Izzy asked for a divorce twice in the 18 months before her death.
• By 2024 they were sleeping in separate rooms.
• Izzy was searching for a new home for herself and the children.
12 June 2024 — Evening Before the Murder
• Izzy seen on neighbour’s CCTV walking the dogs.
• Knight spent the evening taking cocaine and watching pornography.
13 June 2024
• Time window: 23:52–02:24.
• Izzy was likely asleep when Knight attacked her.
• Knight strangled her with significant force, holding a pillow over her face.
• Cocaine residue was found on Izzy’s neck.
13 June 2024 — Morning After the Murder
• 06:23: Knight texted his mother to collect the children.
• Children walked past their mother’s body as they left.
• Knight took cocaine, diazepam, Valium.
• Wrote a suicide note admitting the killing.
13 June 2024 — Afternoon
• Knight crashed his car in a McDonald’s car park around 15:30.
• Police found his behaviour suspicious and searched his home.
• Officers discovered Izzy’s body and the suicide note.
June 2024, Arrest & Charges
• Knight arrested and charged with the murder of his wife.
• Knight Initially pleaded not guilty.
8 January 2025
• Knight changed his plea to guilty at Northampton Crown Court.
29 January 2026
• Knight was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 17-years and one month. He will be eligible for parole in November 2041.
The Judge cited cocaine addiction, premeditation, and violence against a woman.
