Body camera footage captures woman's arrest for stabbing her friend to death

• Footage from West Midlands Police

Police have released body camera footage of the moment officers arrested a woman who stabbed a her friend to death.

Georgina Henshaw stabbed Philip Rolph, who was 65, in the heart in Chelmsley Wood, Solihull in July 2017.

A few hours before, she sent text messages to a friend in which she referred to wanting to him.

Henshaw was convicted on murder by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday 27 February.

The 36-year-old was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 16 years.

Police investigating the murder said Henshaw had a history of violence and erratic behaviour.

She slashed a previous boyfriend with a knife and had accused Mr Rolph of attacking her, although never reported it to police.

On the day of the murder, Henshaw spoke to a friend on the phone, in a reportedly panicked state, saying: “I’ve stabbed him. What if I’ve killed him?”

Officers arrested Henshaw at her home in Alder Drive, just round the corner from where Mr Rolph was found on Greenlands Road, a short time later.

During her arrest, she claimed she did not even know Mr Rolph was dead.

She refused to answer any questions in interview.

A knife believed to be the murder weapon was found in the back garden near to her home.

Det Sgt Nick Barnes, from West Midlands Police's homicide unit, said:

Following Henshaw's conviction, Mr Rolph’s family released a statement paying tribute to him: