Crime student murdered woman on beach, court hears

A criminology pupil spent a period readying a random execution earlier stabbing 2 women connected a formation astatine night, a tribunal has heard.

Nasen Saadi killed Amie Gray, 34, and earnestly injured 38-year-old Leanne Miles connected Durley Chine Beach successful Bournemouth connected 24 May, Winchester Crown Court was told.

Sarah Jones KC, prosecuting, told the jury: "He seems to person wanted to cognize what it would beryllium similar to instrumentality life."

Mr Saadi, 20, from Croydon, denies charges of execution and attempted murder.

Ms Jones said the suspect began successful April to take a spot for the attack, researching beaches successful the southbound of England and settling connected Bournemouth.

On the nighttime of the stabbings, the 2 women were sitting connected the soil wherever they lit a occurrence and watched the afloat moon, the barrister said.

She continued: "With purpose, slowly, stealthily and quietly; erstwhile helium thought no-one would observe him, helium hovered astatine the edges of the promenade, past stepped connected to the sand.

"In an enactment horrifying successful its savagery and successful its randomness helium stabbed them some aggregate times, chasing aft them arsenic they tried to flight oregon divert him from the different and helium continued his attack.

"He near them connected the soil to bleed to decease whilst helium moved distant and tried to vanish backmost into the shadows, distant from the glare of the streetlights oregon the moonlight and backmost into anonymity."

Ms Gray, a shot manager from Poole, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. Ms Miles was taken to infirmary for attraction for stab wounds to her thorax and back.

The defendant, who had researched whether radical would beryllium connected the formation and "hotels without CCTV", whitethorn person wanted to consciousness almighty oregon marque women afraid, the authoritative said.

Ms Jones continued: "Perhaps helium conscionable couldn't carnivore to spot radical engaged successful a blessed mean societal enactment and helium decided to lash out, to hurt, to butcher."

The tribunal heard Mr Saadi asked a lecturer astatine the University of Greenwich successful 2023 astir pleading self-defence to execution and DNA evidence.

The lecturer replied: "You're not readying a murder, are you?", the assemblage was told.

The suspect has pleaded blameworthy to refusing to springiness constabulary entree to his mobile phone, the assemblage was told.

The proceedings continues.