Ipswich man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend
Police have called him a 'violent coward who murdered a defenceless woman'
Last updated 17th Feb 2025
An Ipswich man will spend 23 years in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend.
27-year-old Logan Burnett was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court today (17th February 2025).
He previously appeared in the same court back in November last year, where he pleaded guilty to murdering 26-year-old Courtney Mitchell, also from Ipswich.
She was stabbed on Burrell Road just after 7:10pm on 6th August last year.
Despite treatment by emergency services, including critical care paramedics from Suffolk Accident Rescue Service, Courtney died a short time later in hospital.
A Home Office post-mortem examination concluded that the cause of death was fatal injuries from stab wounds to the chest.
Burnett, of All Saints Road, fled the scene after the attack but had been immediately identified as the suspect.
Officers began extensive enquiries to locate him and he was arrested at a house in north-east Ipswich the following morning (7th August).
He was taken into police custody for questioning and was subsequently charged on Thursday 8 August.
"This was a completely senseless loss of life"
Speaking after Burnett admitted murdering Courtney, Detective Superintendent Nicola Wallace, the Senior Investigating Officer, said:
“This was a completely senseless loss of life which has devastated Courtney’s family.
“Logan Burnett is a violent coward who murdered a defenceless woman in front of her friends and members of the public in broad daylight.
“At least by admitting his guilt, Burnett has spared Courtney’s family the additional trauma of a trial, but the pain and anguish his actions that evening have caused will live with them for ever.”