By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 13:45 EST, 20 December 2013 | UPDATED: 16:09 EST, 20 December 2013 A psychopath with a string of domestic violence convictions beat his lover to death in a row over Christmas presents two weeks after he was freed from jail. Russian Anastasia Voykina, 23, moved in with Felipe Lopes because she was 'idealistic' and wanted to help him overcome his mental health issues, the Old Bailey heard. But Lopes had a heated argument with her over a Christmas present and knocked their festive tree down the stairs, the court heard.
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Felipe Lopes, 28, beat lover to death in their flat in Streatham, south London
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Anastasia Voykina had moved in with him 'because she wanted to help him'
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He sexually assaulted 23-year-old and left her body for more than a week
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Lopes admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
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He faces either prison or a hospital order depending on medical evidence
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