A MAN has admitted murdering his girlfriend by stabbing her 39 times during a drunken rampage.

Gavin Sartain this morning admitted murdering his partner Michelle Suttle, 23, at a house in Baker Street, Oakes, Huddersfield, in June.

During a brief hearing at Bradford Crown Court Sartain pleaded guilty to stabbing Ms Suttle, known to family and friends as Shelley, in the hallway at the home they shared.

Sartain, 31, will be sentenced tomorrow morning.