PURE EVIL
Warped true crime fanatic GUILTY of stabbing mum to death in random beach attack as she screamed ‘get off me’
Chilling CCTV showed killer prowling beach in darkness just days before horror
A WARPED true crime fanatic has been found guilty of stabbing 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."
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The twisted criminology student also stabbed Amie's pal Leanne Miles - leaving her seriously injured in the horror attack.
Saadi has now been found guilty of murder and attempted murder following a trial.
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.
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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.
Four days later, he returned to Bournemouth to carry out the gruesome killing.
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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."
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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."
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?"
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."
Amie's heartbroken wife pays tribute today
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."
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.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
Benjamin May, a Senior Crown Prosecutor with CPS Wessex, said after the verdict: "This was a senseless attack which shocked the people of Bournemouth.
"Our deepest condolences remain with Amie Gray's family.
"Though both victims were chosen at random, Nasen Saadi's unfathomable desire to carry out a murder was backed up with extensive planning - which included going to great lengths to avoid getting caught.
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"Now he has been convicted and faces life behind bars, I hope he will be forgotten.
"In contrast, we hope that Amie's memory will live on as a much loved woman and pillar of the community who bravely and selflessly defended her friend in the face of a terrifying attack."
How true crime-obsessed Saadi thought he could get away with murder
By Alex West
TWISTED misogynist Nasen Saadi thought he could get away with murder - picking two purely innocent women enjoying an evening on the beach to play out his warped “True Crime” fantasy.
The 20-year-old spent months plotting his heinous crime and executed it to a tee, brutally killing Amie Gray and then covering his steps by destroying all evidence and denying in cold blood that it was him.
He even picked a beauty spot on Bournemouth beach where he could make his escape, a path known locally as the 39 steps - after the classic Hitchcock thriller about a man wrongly accused of murder.
But the criminology student was no criminal mastermind and left a trail of clues including a murderers toolkit, a dark internet search history of high profile killings and knife websites, and an armoury of blades at his home.
Just days before the horrific stabbings he had gone to watch slasher movie The Strangers which he later told detectives was “about a killer that kills with no motive. It's just a movie.”
But for Saadi it was not just a movie.
As the prosecution said “He wanted the notoriety a killing of this sort might bring him…wanted to be the star from a true crime episode, to choose his own attack, in a motiveless killing he designed himself.”
His internet search history showed he researched famous murders including Brianna Ghey and Milly Dowler.
Alarm bells had rung when he had repeatedly asked his lecturers off-topic questions about the intricacies of killing, DNA and how to get away with murder.
Saadi had such an interest that his teacher once asked him: “You’re not planning a murder are you?”
He spent months researching killings and knives and then began to work out where to commit his crime.
On the night of Amie and Leanne’s deaths, Saadi prowled the promenade looking for victims.
They were the unlucky pair the cold, calculated killer picked.
Despite stabbing them 27 times he managed to avoid leaving any DNA on them or at the scene.
There were also no clear images of him on CCTV which could prove he was there.
A lone amateur photographer out moongazing claims he walked past Saadi and noticed his “bumfluff beard” on the path down to the beach from the clifftop and later pointed him out in a police identity parade.
Searches of Saadi’s laptop showed that after returning from Bournemouth he googled “Bournemouth beach” before opening up a press report reading “beach woman died, another seriously injured after stabbing”.
He later read a news article on the arrest of a 17-year-old boy in relation to the attack.
When armed cops raided his home four days after the killing, they found a Trespass rucksack which contained white latex gloves, balaclava, a torch, two packets of chillis and used wet wipes.
They also seized a number of weapons including an MTech USA extreme serrated knife and a black machete, as well as a “self defence spray”.
In police interview Saadi arrogantly tried to claim he was innocent, mocking the lack of evidence against him.
He said: “I'm just being wrongly accused, I feel like you've got very weak evidence, I cannot believe I'm being wrongly accused of a serious offence I've got nothing to do with.
"I feel like I've been arrested because you're under pressure to find someone to suspect and I'm getting blamed.
"I'm not capable of doing that.”
He also told police he enjoyed “true crime”.
Saadi said: “I like the psychology behind nature or nurture.
"I like to look at motives behind criminals.
"I like unsolved crimes.”
In court Saadi’s lawyers tried to argue that he was an “innocent stooge” and the victim of a case of mistaken identity.
But despite a lack of DNA or witness evidence, Saadi was found guilty by the jury.
His fascination with ‘True Crime’ ironically led to his conviction.
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