British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung ‘rejected sexual advances’ from her French ‘killer’ when they met working on an Australian sugar cane farm less than 10 days ago
Farm owner says Smail Ayad had been trying to bed 'poor girl' Mia since they met just days before her death
THE French knife nut accused of stabbing to death Brit backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung in a frenzied attack in Australia had been desperate to sleep with her after they both began working on a farm.
Obsessed Smail Ayad, 29 -- who it is said has a fascination with a UFC ring girl that bares a resemblance to 21-year-old Mia -- had been trying to bed the Derbyshire woman "for a while", according to the owner of a sugar cane farm where they worked.
He is accused of stabbing to death poor Mia as well as savagely attacking Brit hero Tom Jackson, who was stabbed 15 times in the face after rushing to save her at the hostel where they were staying.
The French national is thought to have screamed "Allahu Akbar" during the bloodshed.
Several other guests were injured at the hostel in Home Hill, south of Townsville, Queensland, including a man who broke both ankles jumping from a balcony to escape the horror.
Lorraine Gorizia, owner of the nearby farm that often employs guests from Shelly's Backpackers hostel, said she never thought Ayad was capable of such violence.
“He was a nice bloke, very quiet, and smiled,” she told the .
“He smiled the whole time.
“I didn’t think he would be like that, honestly; I did not think that … he was a very quiet boy."
Describing his fascination with Mia -- who said she was "living the dream" in a tragic final Facebook post before her murder -- Ms Gorizia said: "He had been trying to have sex with Mia for a while.
"The poor kid, she was a gorgeous girl … she didn’t want that."
Investigators are working on the theory that Ayad couldn't accept being turned down by gorgeous Mia.
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Ayad had bookmarked hundreds of pictures of the famous ring girl online.
The beauty, 30, looks remarkably similar to pretty Mia -- who he had reportedly told other guests was his wife.
Her heartbroken mum has described her as "clever, sassy, and kind" as well as an "amazing young woman with an adventurous spirit" in an emotional tribute.
Rosie Ayliffe said: ";She was always at one with herself, so whole.
“Above all else she had a strong sense of right and wrong and would always look after those she considered in need.”
Ayad was due to appear in court on Friday to face a murder charge as well as 12 counts of assault and one of animal cruelty after he also stabbed a dog during his rampage on Tuesday.
But the hearing had to be postponed due to safety concerns after the kickboxer assaulted a DOZEN police officers while in custody.
He is alleged to have bit one detective in the leg during his arrest and needed to be subdued with a taser and pepper spray.
The deranged knifeman had written a suspected cannabis-fuelled rant on Facebook hours before the attack.
He said he was convinced he was going to die and that he wanted people who "like" him to "follow him".
"I’m a victim, I feel I’m going to die soon, whoever you are who like me please follow me, I love everyone", he wrote.
His bloodied rampage saw him stab defenceless Mia dozens of times as well as lunging for brave Tom Jackson, 30.
Brit Tom suffered 15 knife wounds to his face and remains in intensive care in hospital.
A third Brit, Chris Porter, 21, jumped from the hostel balcony to escape, breaking both of his ankles.
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