Garli murder!

A YOUNG mum was murdered by her teenage boyfriend in a frenzied knife attack — after an argument over garlic bread.

Violent Jamie Ellis, 18, stabbed Alami Gotip 34 times as her two young children slept upstairs.

When police asked him why he had killed the 22-year-old, callous Ellis claimed she had been "moaning" at him for not making garlic bread for dinner.

He said: "I just snapped. I got sick of it. I stormed through into the kitchen and got a kitchen knife and I just attacked her."

Argument .. row was over garlic bread

Ellis will be caged for life after admitting murdering Alami in Livingston on May 25.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard she had collected daughters Shola, four, and one-year-old Jasmin from nursery that day with her ex Neil Henderson.

The girls' dad left when they were in bed, and Ellis — who'd been smoking cannabis and taking Valium — arrived at 7.30pm.

The teenager, who was jealous of Inland Revenue worker Alami's good relationship with her ex, started to a cook a meal before he "snapped" and turned on her with the knife.

Attack ... Ellis

He said he had feared their relationship was coming to an end, and told cops who quizzed him: "I can't leave her because I love her so much. It totally destroys me, thinking that she is going to be with somebody else."

Police arrived at the house after Ellis contacted his mother to confess to the killing and she raised the alarm. He later told cops: "It's not that I'm a horrible person, but s*** happens."

Advocate depute Susanne Tanner told the court: "Two very young children have been left without their mother and, in the case of the deceased's youngest daughter, Jasmin, without any memory of her."

As he left court with Alami's friends and family yesterday, the murdered woman's cousin Robert McKenna, 31, said: "Hang the little b******. They should bring back the death penalty."

Ellis will be caged for life next month when judge Lord Glennie decides how long he must serve before being eligible for parole.