A "monster" dad who murdered a young mum next to their sleeping baby was today accused of crying crocodile tears.
Nigel Diakite launched a brutal attack on N'Taya Elliott-Cleverley on the day she was moving out because of his domestic violence. He strangled her to death with a skipping rope in bed, while their four-month-old daughter was in a cot next to them.
Diakite, 19, claimed he couldn't remember carrying out the killing at their Wavertree home - despite confessing to it afterwards. The teenager blamed mental health problems and even accused his 20-year-old victim of assaulting him.
