THE heartbroken mum of murdered Samantha Gosney has spoke of the day "her world fell apart" as the man who killed her "precious baby" is jailed for 19 years.

Today, Monday, May 20, Adam Brettle, 24, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to murdering mum-of-two Samantha and was jailed for life to serve a minimum of 19 years before he is considered for parole.

Officers were called to a house on Swan Avenue, Derbyshire Hill, at 11.40am on Saturday, November 24 to a report of an assault.

When officers arrived they discovered that Samantha, 29, from Warrington had been stabbed multiple times. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

She leaves behind two sons, one of which wakes up in the night asking "why mummy was taken away".

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Adam Brettle was jailed today.

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After Brettle's sentencing Samantha's devastated mum Joan, said: “The afternoon of Saturday, November 24 will be forever fixed in my mind when the poor police woman had to stand in my lounge at home and tell me that my gorgeous Samantha was dead.

"The look on her face is something that I will never forget. My world fell apart there and then.

“Samantha was a gorgeous, bubbly girl always full of beans and so loveable and to think that I will never see her again is so very hard indeed.

“I have become a different person since she has gone. I walk around talking to people, taking Samantha’s children to school, people asking if I am okay, offering their condolences for my loss and I nod and say thank you.

“As a family we are okay and coping best we can, but inside I’m walking around in a daze, my head cannot function, I forget what I was saying and my heart feels that someone is ripping it out of my chest.

“I cannot describe the hurt I feel as a mother who has lost their most precious baby. I don’t sleep at night, thinking what I could have done different. I cannot listen to my favourite music because it makes me cry all of the time.

“Samantha’s poor little boys have lost their beautiful mother whom they adored. [One of the boys] wakes up in the night asking why his mummy has been taken away. He asks why his mummy cannot be fixed so she can come back alive.

“My poor husband cannot even look at the pictures as it hurts so much and seeing him cry breaks my heart.

“We are a very close family who are devastated and hurt by the loss of Samantha, as she was loved so much.

“Samantha has been a big loss to so many people, the friends she had was so vast and they message me daily to express how sad they all are as they loved and miss her so much.

“I will hurt everyday forever. Our lives have been truly ripped apart and if I could swap places with her I would do it in a flash.”