The court heard they had begun arguing on WhatsApp and the last message between the pair was exchanged at 3.11am. William Hughes KC, prosecuting, said: “As a consequence, police have been able to discover that at 3.03am Angie in her bedroom said, ‘Alexa, volume three’. Speaking afterwards, Mrs White’s family said: “Angie was a much-loved daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, and auntie. Guard Mode is an Alexa feature that helps you keep an eye on your home even when you are away. When enabled, you will get notified in real time if someone breaks into your house or if your oven catches fire, triggering a smoke alarm. When she was face to face with you, with your hands around her throat, she must have been absolutely terrified.

He deliberately absences himself in what we see as his continuing attempts to control this situation and his cowardness in avoiding facing us and justice for what he did to Angie. Go into your Alexa App and go to More > Settings > Guard. Disable Guard Mode and then re-enable it. 3. Power Cycle Echo devices All I wanted to do was take my stuff and leave. I just shut her up, I strangled her, I ran downstairs, and I cut her throat to make sure she was dead.” You did so with a cowardly desire to dominate her and out of your uncontrollable rage. You did just that – savagely slit her throat knowing that would kill her.”

Daniel White admitted his guilt but continued to use his manipulative behaviour to delay the outcome. As part of my research, this seems to have worked for some people as it re-syncs guard mode across your devices. You have a disgraceful history of assaulting women who have had the great misfortune to be in a relationship with you. For Guard Mode, the device is searching for the sound of a smoke / CO alarm, the sound of breaking glass or for Guard Plus, the sound of activity. I am not suggesting that is justification, but Your Honour has asked what led to it, and it would seem by putting the picture together as best one can from the messages and the timings, that seems what has taken place.”

Turn off, wait 30 seconds and turn on the Echo devices where the light won’t disappear. This can sometimes clear the memory of the device, and solve the mysterious white light. Imposing a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years and 10 months, Judge Paul Thomas KC branded White a coward.

Shortly before 6am, White called police, telling a call handler: “She’s in the house, she’s dead. I’ve strangled her and cut her throat. She’s dead. Beyond what would appear from the messages of an argument – the marriage was effectively over and he was sleeping downstairs – the messages exchanged talk of belongings and not being allowed them.