This pretty young woman has posted to social media telling her late partner she loved him and asking for forgiveness for stabbing him to death with a kitchen knife the previous day.

Ana Claudia Morais stabbed her partner, Jonathan Francisco Scheidt da Silva, at their home in the administrative region of Recanto das Emas in Brazil’s Federal District on 3rd June.

The 25-year-old man was taken to a local accident and emergency unit, but succumbed to his injuries shortly after being admitted.

During questioning, the 24-year-old woman told police officers she stabbed her partner in self-defence after he attacked her during a jealous row, and she was subsequently released on bail.

The following day, Ana Claudia, who has an eight-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, took to Facebook to tell her late partner she loved him.

She wrote: “I already told you all this in prayer, in supplication so God allows you to hear me. My life ended yesterday. I died along with you. It was a fight like so many others we had.

“I don’t even know how to explain what I’m feeling. I talked rubbish. You snapped. It wasn’t the first time. I love you.”

She went on to ask her partner, whom she had taken to A&E herself, for forgiveness in the lengthy post.

She wrote: “I ran into A&E in despair. I was sure I would leave with you and we would go home. Forgive me, love.”

According to the police, the fight between the couple was motivated by jealousy. Police chief Pablo Aguiar said Jonathan Francisco throttled and punched his partner during the fight.

The couple had lived together for three years.

The police are investigating the case.