A domestic abuser has been given a whole life order for murdering his ex-partner and her new boyfriend in a “ferocious and merciless” knife attack.<br /><br />Marcus Osborne said: “Romeo and Juliet can die together now” after the brutal double killing which left Katie Higton, 27, with 99 injuries and Steven Harnett, 25, with 24 wounds including mutilated genitals.<br /><br />Leeds Crown Court heard Osborne, 35, lay in wait for Ms Higton and launched a brutal attack on her as soon as she came through the door of the house they once shared in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.<br /><br />Osborne then used Ms Higton’s phone to pretend to be her and lure Mr Harnett, 25, to the house.<br /><br />He then raped another woman, who he had held captive in the house overnight, at knifepoint.<br /><br />The court heard four children were in the house during the murders, which happened in the early hours of May 15 last year.<br /><br />This is the moment he was arrested, released by WYP.