A YOUNG mother broke down in tears as she was cleared of killing her Bournemouth-born boyfriend after telling jurors he turned into Britain’s worst prisoner, Charles Bronson, during violent attacks on her.

Jeweller Elizabeth Hart-Browne, 27, was hysterical and declared “I have just killed the man I love” after plunging a large kitchen knife into Stephen Rayner’s neck at their flat in Acton, west London, the court was told.

She denied murdering the 25-year-old call centre worker in a champagne-fuelled fury, saying she believed he was going to kill her as he had threatened to do in the past.

An Old Bailey jury deliberated for 15 hours to find the mother-of-two not guilty of murder following a six-week trial.

The court heard a row had erupted after Miss Hart-Browne came home from a family party on the evening of September 17 last year.

According to Miss Hart-Browne, Mr Rayner began hitting her and grabbed her by the throat.

With young children sleeping just feet away, she picked up a large kitchen knife and stabbed Mr Rayner three times, inflicting a fatal wound to the neck, the court heard.

Miss Hart-Browne walked free from the Old Bailey and dashed into a black cab without making any comment.