A cannabis addicted killer strangled his girlfriend in a SUV before driving around with her limp body in the passenger seat for two hours, a court has heard.

Gogoa Lois Tape attacked Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, for at least eight-minutes in Hackney, East London last April after asking her for lift.

The 28-year-old, who was armed with a knife, strangled and punched the helpless mother of his two-year-old daughter as she sat in the driver’s seat of the Vauxhall.

Tape, who had a history of psychotic episodes after refusing to stop smoking cannabis, then drove around after propping up her body.

Inner London Crown Court was shown disturbing CCTV footage of the killer casually popping into a shop for cigarettes.