PREGNANT Redditch mother Kirsty Wright was stabbed more than 60 times in a “savage” attack by her partner, the father of the unborn child, a murder trial was told.

Her killer, 29-year-old Akeel Hussain, had taken cocaine, which he knew could make him paranoid, Paul Cooper, prosecuting, told Worcester Crown Court.

Diminished responsibility could be an issue in the case - but Mr Cooper said that Hussain, who denies murdering 21-year-old Miss Wright, did not suffer from a recognised mental condition, such as schizophrenia.

The symptoms of paranoia and psychosis leading up to the stabbing were caused by him taking cocaine voluntarily, which he knew could on occasion cause paranoia, argued Mr Cooper.

He added that resulted in Hussain stabbing his pregnant partner “60 odd times in a savage attack”.

Miss Wright was 13 weeks pregnant when she was attacked with a kitchen knife and left in a pool of blood on the conservatory floor of her home in Evesham Road, Redditch, on March 14 this year.

In a police interview, Hussain, of Pembroke Croft, Hall Green, Birmingham, said he was “not responsible” for the death because he was high on cocaine.

He told officers that drugs changed him so that he became a “different person”, making him paranoid and schizophrenic.

Hussain said he had taken cocaine and then went around the house, that Miss Wright shared with various relatives, looking for evidence that she was cheating on him.

He telephoned police repeatedly because he was scared and Miss Wright was swearing at him, calling him a “crackhead”, he said in his interview.

Hussain then left the house, intending to take a taxi to Birmingham, but took more cocaine and returned to Miss Wright's home.

On the way, he thought someone was in the boot of the taxi and, when he got inside the house he locked the doors because he was scared.

Mr Cooper said Hussain also told police he grabbed a knife and stabbed Miss Wright but it broke.

He then kicked her several times and, while on the floor, stabbed her again before getting more knives.

He went to the downstairs cloakroom, sniffed more cocaine and flushed some down the toilet.

Christopher Hewitt, who lived in the five-bedroomed house, owned by Miss Wright's mother, Sharon Hirst  and her husband Andrew, said he was awoken at 6am by a commotion.

Miss Wright was shouting at Hussain: “You know you shouldn’t do this stuff.”

Hussain then knocked at the door of Mr Hewitt's room and told him he was paranoid that he was being pursued by somebody.

Mr Hewitt added that later he came out of the shower  to find Hussain holding Miss Wright and he separated the pair.

After police visited the house, Hussain left it.

Mr Hewitt later went out, after Kirsty told him she was happy for him to go.

But, soon afterwards, another member of the household came to find him in a local pub to say Hussain had returned and he saw a police car travelling in the direction of the house.

The trial continues.