Tag Archives: Bournemouth

Purley student Saadi given 39-year sentence for beach murder

Posted on March 28, 2025 by insidecroydon

‘No doubt you thought you had committed the perfect crime’ judge tells criminology student as she sends him down to jail for life Nasen Saadi, a 20-year-old criminology student from Purley, was today given a life sentence, with a minimum … Continue reading →

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Nasen Saadi is found guilty of Bournemouth beach murder

Posted on December 18, 2024 by insidecroydon

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 … Continue reading →

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‘I am not responsible’ Purley student told murder detectives

Posted on December 17, 2024 by insidecroydon

Criminology student Nasen Saadi said under caution ‘You haven’t found a murder weapon, you haven’t found the trousers, the bag’ The Croydon student accused of murdering Amie Gray in a brutal knife attack on a Bournemouth beach in May told … Continue reading →

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Trial told how Saadi asked how he could get away with murder

Posted on December 11, 2024 by insidecroydon

Jury at Winchester Crown Court hears from Purley student’s university lecturer how he changed his course and repeatedly asked about DNA and police investigation methods The trial of Nasen Saadi, the 20-year-old student from Purley accused of murdering football coach … Continue reading →

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Bournemouth beach killer made a study of violent crime

Posted on December 9, 2024 by insidecroydon

A criminology student from Purley spent a month planning a random murder before setting out and attacking two women, one fatally, on a beach in Bournemouth in May this year, Winchester Crown Court was told today in the murder trial … Continue reading →

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Met reports itself to watchdog over murder suspect Saadi

Posted on June 20, 2024 by insidecroydon

The Bournemouth beach murder case, in which a Croydon man, Nasen Saadi, was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder, has led to the Metropolitan Police referring itself to the IOPC, the independent police watchdog, over “contact its officers … Continue reading →

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Nasen Saadi to face trial in November for Bournemouth murder

Posted on June 5, 2024 by insidecroydon

Nasen Saadi will be tried for murder and attempted murder in November. The 20-year-old from Croydon appeared at a brief hearing at Winchester Crown Court yesterday, charged with the murder of 34-year-old Amie Gray and the attempted murder of 38-year-old … Continue reading →

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Croydon man charged with murder named as Nasen Saadi

Posted on June 1, 2024 by insidecroydon

Nasen Saadi, 20, from Croydon, was to appear at Poole Magistrates Court today, charged with the murder of Amie Gray on a beach in Bournemouth on May 24. Dorset Police have charged Saadi with the murder of Gray and the … Continue reading →

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Croydon 20-year-old arrested for Bournemouth beach murder

Posted on May 29, 2024 by insidecroydon

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man identified as being from Croydon on suspicion of the murder on a Bournemouth beach last Friday of Amie Gray. Dorset Police had previously released CCTV of a man dressed in a black hoodie close … Continue reading →

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Turmoil at Fairfield Halls as operating company suffers exodus

Posted on November 1, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our culture correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, on changing times at the council-owned arts centre, and a diamond anniversary that has been forgotten by the council There’s yet more turmoil behind the scenes at the Fairfield Halls, where the chief executive and … Continue reading →

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Mayor has weeks to save Fairfield Halls and Borough of Culture

Posted on June 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

It is symptomatic of BHLive’s lack of real connection with the borough in which they are supposed to manage its largest arts venue that they chose the day of the Croydon local election results to make the announcement of the … Continue reading →

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BHLive’s business losses hit Fairfield Halls’ arts programme

Posted on October 22, 2021 by insidecroydon

The lack of activity in and around the Fairfield Halls and the return to the “bad old days” of tired programming dominated by derivative tribute acts and all-star wrestling is all because not enough people in Dorset are paying for … Continue reading →

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