Guilty: Nasen Saadi, filmed being interviewed by police in May
Nasen Saadi, 20, from Purley, has today been found guilty of murder and attempted murder after stabbing two women on Bournemouth beach earlier this year.
Amie Gray, 34, was killed and 38-year-old Leanne Miles was seriously injured in the attack on Durley Chine Beach on May 24.
Saadi was found guilty following a nine-day trial at Winchester Crown Court.
The prosecution said Saadi “seems to have wanted to know what it would be like to take life”.
After nine days of trial, the jury had retired to consider its verdict on Tuesday, and deliberated for five hours and 36 minutes.
No weapon or clothing from the night of the killing was ever recovered during the investigation.
Judge Mrs Justice Cutts told Saadi: “You have been convicted of the most serious of crimes”, and added he would face imprisonment for life, with a minimum term of “considerable length”.
Saadi had been studying a criminology degree course at Greenwich University. He was arrested at his aunt’s house in Purley on May 28. Police found several knives and self-defence spray in a bedroom at the property.
On the night of the attack, the two women were sitting on the sand where they had lit a fire.
Murder scene: Bournemouth beach was cordoned off after the double stabbing
Jurors were shown CCTV footage of Saadi walking up and down the promenade before stepping on to the sand.
Gray, a fitness instructor, was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics arrived. Her post mortem showed she had been stabbed 10 times, including to the heart.
Miles was taken to hospital with 20 knife wounds, mainly to her back.
Prosecutor Sarah Jones KC told the jury Saadi left the victims on the sand “to bleed to death” while he moved away and tried to disappear “back into the shadows”.
The trial heard how Saadi asked university lecturers questions about defence for murder and how long DNA stays behind. One of his lecturers asked him: “You’re not planning a murder, are you?”
Analysis of Saadi’s laptop showed that since January 2024 there were searches about murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler and her killer Levi Bellfield, as well as Brianna Ghey and her killers.
There were also multiple visits to websites selling knives and searches for “why do criminals get away with crimes in rural areas” and “why is it harder for a criminal to get caught if he does it in another town”.
Saadi, who had pleaded guilty to failing to provide his mobile phone code to police, did not give evidence during the trial.
Saadi will be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on March 28.
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Wre’re all safer with this guy behind bars. But, clearly, he had mental health issues,as his statements appear deluded. I hope he gets some help in the slammer and eventually repents for what he thinks he didn’t do