A criminology student who asked his course teacher how he could get away with murder before he kills a woman and her friend prays in a random attack on Bournemouth Beach, was imprisoned for life with a minimum term of 39 years.
Dear Saadi, 21, Amie Gray, 34, and seriously wounded Leanne Miles, now 39, because the pair enjoyed a chat late at night next to a small fire to stay warm in the Dorset Seaside Resort in the summer.
The 21-year-old stabbed the personal trainer 10 times fatally, also in her heart, and knots her MS Miles 20 times on 24 May last year, with Mrs. Gray's “courageous act” to protect her friend.
Amie Gray with her wife Sian who said she “touched the life of so much” (PA media) “(Pa)
The suspect had investigated locations to perform the murder and was “fascinated” with knives, which bought six knives from websites, with several found in his aunt's house where he lived and at his parents' home.
Saadi, from Croydon, Zuid -London, was sentenced on Friday to life imprisonment with a minimum duration of 39 years at Winchester Crown Court, after he was convicted in December in December for murder and attempted murder after a trial at the same court. He was also convicted because he had not given his mobile phone pin code to the police.
Dear Saadi, 21, the Personal Trainer stabbed 10 times deadly, including to her heart, and her friend prayed 20 times on May 24 last year (Dorset Police/PA thread)
Judge Mrs. Justice Cutts said that Saadi had chosen to deny his guilt because he wanted the “fame of a trial” and had a “full lack of regret”, adding it: “It seems that you have been humiliated and rejected for all the progress you have made against girls who have led to the society and women in the course of time” “”
In a victim -Impact statement read to the court, Gray's wife Sian Gray said that her wife's death would 'chase' her forever. She said: “At the age of 36 I don't have to keep the cold hand of my deceased wife, nor has my daughter to say goodbye and mourn for a coffin … Amie's beautiful life has now been reduced until always remembered as 'the murder victim'.”
Mrs. Gray's mother Sharon Macklin said in a statement: “Amie was a great, funny, friendly and energetic soul. She had a big smile and a loud smile and when she came in the room, it was full of laughter and her presence could not be ignored. She was beautiful in the outside, even if the life was not great for her, she would not be great for her,” she would not be great for her. “
The process heard that Saadi, who had studied criminology and criminal psychology at the University of Greenwich, used the name “Ninja Killer” for his Snapchat account and also used the username “Nskills” on his computer.
Saadi, who had left a physical education course, had carried searches for the murders of Milly Dowler and Brianna Ghey.
CCTV images of Saadi who walk along the promenade on the coast of Bournemouth, where Amie Gray and Leanne Miles were, in the night of 24 May (PA Media)
The court was told that from 21 May Saadi had booked two hotels for a stay of four nights in Bournemouth and was shown on CCTV with “Reccies” of the coast and the scene of the murder, which took place on 24 May at around 11.40 pm.
During his stay, the suspect, who is a fan of horror films, also went to the cinema to see the “slasher” film The Strangers – Chapter 1.
Saadi, who chose not to provide evidence, denied the attacks and said it was a case of a wrong identity and adding that he must have “darkened” when they happened.
His trial was told that Mrs. Gray had tried to distract Saadi while he attacked MS Miles and shouted “Get Away”, allowing her friend to flee.
Benjamin May, a senior crown public prosecutor at CPS Wessex, said: “Amie's courageous last act to protect her friend really defines who she was, and her life will forever be reminded of the love and protection she gave to her loved ones.
CCTV of Saadi, who had studied criminology and criminal psychology at the University of Greenwich (PA Media)
“Our thoughts remain with her friends and family, as well as with Leanne Miles, whose courage has helped us give us justice through this test.
“Saadi's perverse fascination for murder and violence turned into despicable, real consequences for which he has confronted justice.”
Dorset Police Detective Inspector Mark Jenkins added: “We could show how carefully the suspect planned his attack, plan to kill Bournemouth – somewhere where he had never been before – as the location apparently had pure because it had a sandy beach and how he traveled a few days earlier with the intention of this horrible act.
“It seems that he focused on Amie and Leanne, whom he had never met and just enjoyed a quiet evening on the beach, just because he saw an opportunity to surprise and overpower them.”
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