A LOVE triangle rival has confessed to killing a Brit woman by knifing her in the neck in a row over her boyfriend, police say.
Jessica Hopkins, 34, was stabbed to death in a park in Cambodia on Friday by her 33-year-old flatmate Kididila Ngada Glodie.
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The tragic Brit was murdered just before midnight on Friday in capital city Phnom Penh, sparking an urgent manhunt.
The suspect, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was arrested in a nearby nail salon less than 24 hours after the brutal murder.
Local cops revealed that Jessica had actually been living in a rented property alongside the suspect at the time of her death.
The pair had ridden a motorbike together to a park in Koh Pich, before a quarrel and then a fight broke out, police said.
Deputy Chief at the Criminal Investigations Office Em Vichetr said: “According to witnesses, the suspect knocked the victim down and pushed her to the ground.”
He added: “The suspect took a knife and stabbed the victim many times in the throat, causing her to die at the scene, before fleeing.”
Horrified eyewitnesses alerted cops, who rushed to the scene.
A bloody knife was discovered near Jessica’s body, police added.
At 4:30pm the next day, Glodie was arrested in Zola Salon in Daun Penh, about 1.5 miles away from the scene of the crime.
Footage showed Glodie being taken away in handcuffs while answering questions as she was led out of the salon by police officers.
It is believed the suspect killed her housemate because they both loved the same man, local police chief Bun Saty said.
He explained: “During the interrogation after her arrest, the suspect confessed that she had killed the victim because she was angry at her for having an affair with her Congolese boyfriend.”
The suspect will be charged with murder – and could face 10 to 15 years in prison.
Jessica, originally from Harpenden, Herts., had been living at the rented property in the Chroy Changvar district alongside Glodie.
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She was previously living in Siem Reap, Cambodia’s largest city, according to her Facebook.
Two witnesses who allegedly saw the brutal stabbing take place were “yelled” at by a top police officer after they told local media what they saw.
The two female witnesses later cooperated and were allowed to leave after they were quizzed by cops, authorities said on Facebook.
An FCDO Spokesperson told The Sun: “We are supporting the family of a British woman who has died in Cambodia and are in contact with the local authorities.”
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