A dad stabbed his former partner to death then took his own life because he was 'devastated' after they broke up, an inquest has heard.
Daniel Patten, 31, killed his ex Regan Tierney at the home they once shared, then contacted her grandad to confess what he had done and ask him to collect their two children.
Patten then called police after the Walkden incident and said that he was going to hang himself, He was found critically injured by officers and passed away in hospital a few days later, Wales Online reports.
