London criminology student accused of ‘butchering’ woman on Bournemouth beach

A London criminology student has been accused of “butchering” a woman on a Bournemouth beach.

Nasen Saadi, who was studying at the University of Greenwich, stabbed a woman to death after asking lecturers about the best ways to commit a murder.

Amie Gray was killed and another woman, Leanne Miles, was seriously injured following a “savage and random” attack, Winchester Crown Court was told.

The 20-year-old defendant from Croydon has denied these allegations, but pleaded guilty to failing to provide access to his mobile phone.

Prosecuting, Sarah Jones KC told the jury how Saadi inquired about self-defence for murder during seminars, and how long DNA stays behind. She noted: “He seems to have wanted to know what it would be like to take life.”

According to the BBC, his lecturer, Dr Lisa-Maria Reiss, reported that Saadi asked to “go back to the point where you talked about murder and self-defence”.

Dr Reiss’ partner gave a talk to students on policing in November, and told the jury that the defendant enquired “on DNA, how to get away with murder, these types of things”.

“There were questions along the lines of ‘if a crime is committed in one area, would that information be shared elsewhere?’”

Nasen Saadi via CPS

34-year-old Amie Gray and 38-year-old Leanne Miles were attacked at Durley Chine, Bournemouth, on 24th May 2024. They were sitting by a fire on the beach shortly before midnight when the assault began.

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According to The Independent, prosecutor said: “Nasen Saadi, as he walked along that promenade and thought about the culmination of a plan he had worked on for who knows how long but which he had spent the last couple of nights walking through and researching.

“With purpose, slowly, stealthily and quietly, when he thought no-one would observe him, he hovered at the edges of the promenade, then stepped on to the sand, and walked directly towards the two women with a knife in his hand.”

Ms Jones continued by saying that in “act horrifying in its savagery and in its randomness”, he attacked both women by stabbing them muliple times and then chasing them as they tried to escape.

Adding: “He left them on the sand to bleed to death whilst he moved away and tried to disappear back into the shadows, away from the glare of the streetlights or the moonlight and back into anonymity.

“He got rid of his weapon. He changed his clothes and shoes and got rid of them.”

The prosecution enquired about the reasoning behind the attack, with Ms Jones querying whether it could have been because he wanted to know what it would be like to make women feel afraid.”

Ms Jones also questioned where it was due to the defendant not being able to cope with seeing “people engaged in a happy normal social interaction [so] he decided to lash out, to hurt, to butcher.”

Amie with her wife via Dorset Police

Amie was pronounced dead on scene, while Leanne was rushed to hospital for treatment of her stab wounds. Amie had been stabbed 10 times.

Leanne testified from her hospital bed only three days after the attack, and explained how the massacre unfolded. 

“He went towards me first – because I remember Amie saying: ‘What are you doing? Get off her.'”

She continued to describe how she was forced to plead for her life for the sake of her children. After losing sight of her friend, she recalled: “[Saadi] came back on to me and he was continuously stabbing me.

“I said: ‘Please stop, I’ve got children.’ And then I think that’s when he started to go, he walked away.”

After the incident, Saadi was arrested at his home, where the police discovered knives, latex gloves and a balaclava, as reported to the court.

He told police he could not remember his actions on the day of the attack, indicating he may have had a blackout, the jury was told.

No weapons or clothing from the night of the killing have been discovered, prosecutors said.

The trial continues.

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