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. For reasons which you have never adequately explained or sought to explain, you lost your ferocious temper yet again in the middle of the night. After she probably lost consciousness, you didn’t seek help for her, you went downstairs and got a knife. When she was face to face with you, with your hands around her throat, she must have been absolutely terrified. 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.

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. As part of my research, this seems to have worked for some people as it re-syncs guard mode across your devices.Imposing a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years and 10 months, Judge Paul Thomas KC branded White a coward. 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. 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.” 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’. It is currently only available in the fifty US states and there are two versions, Alexa Guard and Alexa Guard Plus. Alexa Guard

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. 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.” Detectives discovered voice commands made by White and his wife at the time of the murder had been stored in the Cloud. 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. Neighbours heard banging, shouting and screaming at about 3am on October 22 last year before hearing a front door and a car drive away.The court heard they had begun arguing on WhatsApp and the last message between the pair was exchanged at 3.11am.

Guard Mode is now enabled and Alexa will listen for and notify you if she hears sounds of alarms, glass breaking or activity. Alexa will display a spinning white light when Guard Mode is enabled. Go into your Alexa App and go to More > Settings > Guard. Disable Guard Mode and then re-enable it. 3. Power Cycle Echo devices 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.”

He does not have the courage to face the family and friends of the woman whose life he so brutally ended,” he said.