A TWISTED true crime fanatic has been jailed after knifing a mum to death in a random beach attack.
Nasen Saadi, 20, “butchered” 34-year-old Amie Gray on Durley Chine Beach in Bournemouth as she screamed: “Get off me.”
Amie Gray was stabbed to death in a random attack
SolentKiller Nasen Saadi had carried out a ‘recce’ before the horror[/caption]
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Saadi has been jailed for lifeSolent
The twisted criminology student also stabbed Amie’s pal Leanne Miles 20 times – leaving her seriously injured in the horror attack.
Saadi has now been jailed for life with a minimum of 39 years after he was found guilty of murder and attempted murder following a trial.
In a victim impact statement, Amie’s wife Sian Gray said she cannot understand how a person can so “maliciously and pointlessly” take someone’s life.
She also told how the “world has fallen from beneath our feet” following the mum’s death.
Sian added: “Amie’s beautiful life has been reduced to being remembered as a murder victim.”
Sentencing, Mrs Justice Johannah Cutts said Saadi had “planned to kill” that night.
She added: “Your assault on each of them must have been terrifying.
“No one could have heard their screams.
“No doubt, you thought you had committed the perfect crime.”
Winchester Crown Court heard the monster had a morbid interest in true crime and horror movies.
Saadi was also fascinated by knives – calling himself “Ninja killer” on Snapchat – and carried out chilling searches for Brianna Ghey‘s murder and serial killer Levi Bellfield.
He would quiz his lecturers at Greenwich University about how to get away with killing – prompting one to ask: “You’re not planning a murder, are you?”
On May 20, the monster started to make his macabre fantasy a reality as he travelled to Durley Chine on a “recce” mission.
CCTV showed Saadi prowling the beach at night dressed in dark clothing while he hunted for a good spot.
Saadi had travelled to Bournemouth in the days leading up to the attackSolent
He was seen walking at night along the beach where he killed AmieSolent
Four days later, he returned to Bournemouth to carry out the gruesome killing.
Amie and Leanne had been chatting next to a fire to keep warm when Saadi struck in an act “horrifying in its savagery and in its randomness”.
Their screams were captured on CCTV as the monster stabbed them multiple times.
Saadi then left the pair bleeding on the sand as he shrunk into the shadows “away from the glare of the streetlights or the moonlight”.
In a harrowing 999 call, Leanne was heard crying out in pain as she told the operator: “I have been stabbed loads of times. Oh my god I am getting dizzy, please hurry up, please hurry up.”
She continued: “Oh, I feel sick, they need to be quicker, I am in so much pain, are you still there, please do not leave me.
“I am bleeding everywhere, I have been stabbed loads of times.”
Paramedics raced to the scene but personal trainer Amie was already “cold to the touch”.
Her cause of death was given as multiple stab wounds to her chest and arm – including one to her heart.
Leanne was rushed to hospital with 20 stab wounds to her chest and back but miraculously survived.
She later told police she and Amie had attempted to escape the knife-wielding maniac but were unable to shake him off.
She said Amie had screamed out “get off me” as Saadi repeatedly hacked at her as she lay defenceless on the sand.
Recalling her own ordeal, Leanne added: “I didn’t want to look at him. I couldn’t look at him.
“And I told him, I said, ‘please stop’. I said, ‘please stop, I’ve got children’.
“And then I think that’s when he started to go, he walked away.”
Saadi tried to get away with the perfect murderSolent
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Officers trawling through CCTV of the moments leading to the attack were able to snare Saadi when he was positively identified by a witness.
In his police interview, he said he had an interest in true crime and enjoyed horror movies.
He also admitted visiting Bournemouth, but said he might have suffered a “blackout” or “been affected because he had been drinking”.
But police discovered he had carried out a string of twisted web searches leading up to the attack.
This included “Bournemouth CCTV” and “Is Bournemouth beach open all night” just days before the murder.
Saadi had also searched “how sharp are kitchen knives?” and “why is it harder for a criminal to be caught if he does it in another town?”
FACEBOOK/UNPIXSAmie’s wife previously paid tribute[/caption]
The killer had purchased a number of knives but the ones used in the attack have never been found.
Officers also seized a blue Trespass rucksack which contained white latex gloves – two of which were inside out – as well as a black balaclava, a torch, used wet wipes and a packet of tissues.
In his police interview, Saadi told officers he was not the man seen in CCTV on the night of the attack.
He said: “I am wrongly accused of mistaken identity, mistakes can happen and I am not responsible.
“I think just because someone is wearing the same clothes is circumstantial.
“You haven’t found a murder weapon, you haven’t found the trousers, the bag.”
Saadi denied murder, attempted murder and an alternative charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm but admitted failing to provide his mobile phone code to police.
Amie’s wife Sian Gray said following the verdict: “I want to take this opportunity to thank all of Dorset Police, the jury, prosecution team, the medics, and first response team – to each and every person who helped bring Amie the justice she deserved.
“Amie will never be forgotten. She touched the lives of so many.
“The immense support and love shown by everyone reflects just that.
“Amie’s life has been brutally taken but now she can rest in peace.
“Her strength lives on in all of us.”
Personal trainer Amie was chatting with a friend when she was attackedSolent
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