DEMON KILLER
Teen, 19, GUILTY of murder after stabbing sisters to death in ‘satanic sacrifice’ after ‘deal with Devil to win lottery’
A MONSTER has been found guilty of murdering two sisters after "making a deal with the Devil" to "sacrifice" their lives to win the lottery.
Danyal Hussein, 19, slaughtered Bibaa Henry, 46, and her 27-year-old half-sister Nicole Smallman in a "frenzied" and "savage" attack.
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The teen knifed Nicole 28 times and plunged the blade so hard into Bibaa that it broke.
The sisters were discovered dead in Fryent Country Park, North London, on June 5 last year after celebrating Bibaa's birthday.
A handwritten letter was discovered in Hussein's bedroom that appeared to be an agreement between him and a "demon" signed in blood.
He promised to "sacrifice women in order to win the lottery and not to be suspected of the crimes he had committed".
Hussein has been found guilty of murder today following a trial at the Old Bailey.
The coward refused to give evidence during the trial and continues to deny being involved in their grisly murder.
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In a victim impact statement read to court, the sisters' mother Mina Smallman said: "No-one expects their children to die before them but to have two of your three children murdered overnight is just incomprehensible."
She said that losing her two girls was "enough to shake a person's faith - fortunately it did not".
The mum also said listening to the detail of how her daughters died in court was "horrific" and made her think "this person cannot have a heart".
She added: "If any good comes out of this at least another four women will not meet a similar end in a so-called pact with a so-called demon."
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It can now be revealed investigators believe Hussein had undergone a "form of radicalisation" after being exposed to occult material on the dark web.
They also fear he would have slaughtered more women had he not slashed his hand while murdering the sisters.
The teen had been referred to anti-radicalisation programmes - including Prevent while he was attending Thomas Tallis secondary school in Kidbrooke.
Officers are still unable to access material on his computer but have discovered he was communicating with others about spells and demons.
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The court was told Bibaa and Nicole had been celebrating the former's birthday with pals in the Wembley park.
After their guests left, they stayed behind alone to continue the party - playing with fairy lights and dancing together.
Hussein ambushed the pair as they sat alone in the park - repeatedly stabbing them in a frenzied attack.
They were discovered two days after worried friends headed to the park to find the missing sisters.
Pals first found glasses belonging to Bibaa and Nicole, before following a flattened trail of grass leading to undergrowth.
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They then discovered the sisters' butchered bodies lying with their limbs entwined.
Social worker Bibaa had been stabbed eight times, while Nicole, who worked in the hospitality industry, had been knifed 28 times.
DNA belonging to Hussein was found on the women's bodies, nearby foliage and a knife at the scene.
Latex gloves covered in his blood were also discovered near a pond where the sisters' phones had been thrown after Hussein cut his hand while the sisters frantically tried to defend themselves.
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Hussein was obsessed with the idea of becoming a multi-millionaire and believed the only way to do it was to strike a gruesome pact with a demon.
Two days before the murders, he bought a knife block from Asda and a roll of gaffer tape.
He also ordered two shovels from Amazon and a face mask, which he picked up from a locker and packed before making his way to the park.
The sisters took a heartbreaking final picture at 1.13am - with the monster lurking in the darkness waiting to strike.
Chillingly, the sisters could be seen looking to their left as though distracted by something moments before they died.
Timeline of terror
- June 3: Danyal Hussein is caught on CCTV buying a knife block - identical to a bloody blade later recovered from the murder scene - at Asda in Colindale, north London. He returns later and purchases tape.
Hussein buys a full face mask and shovels on Amazon.
- June 4: Hussein sets up an online betting account with Lottogo.com which runs bets on the Mega Millions Super Jackpot.
- June 5: Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry are seen stocking up on picnic items for Ms Henry's birthday in a Co-op before walking into Fryent Country Park in Wembley at 7.39pm.
Hussein picks up his Amazon purchases at Morrisons before going to the park at 8.40pm.
- June 6: The last guests leave after midnight and the sisters dance with fairy lights and clear up the picnic area.
At 1.13am the sisters take a final selfie and their attention appears distracted. Hussein launches his attack soon after, cutting himself in the process.
Just after 4am, the shadowy figure of Hussein is caught on CCTV returning to his father's house near the park. He is not wearing any trousers.
Around 9pm, the sisters are reported missing by Ms Smallman's boyfriend Adam Stone and soon after by their concerned mother.
At 6.15pm Hussein attends Northwick Park Hospital for cuts to his right hand and is referred for more treatment.
- June 7: Just after 1am, Hussein places bets on the Mega Millions Jackpot. He does not win and all his later attempts to win lottery prizes also come to nothing.
Around 12.30pm, a knife is discovered and Ms Smallman's boyfriend finds the women's bodies in bushes.
Some of the sisters' belongings are later discovered at a refuse centre, including blood-stained blankets and cushions.
- June 16: Hussein reports his bank card lost, having used it to buy the knives and other purchases.
- June 30: A DNA breakthrough is made. Within an hour and a half police link Hussein to the Asda knife-buying trip and CCTV covering his father's home.
- July 1: In the early hours officers with Tasers knock on Hussein's mother's door in south-east London. Hussein answers and is arrested.
A search of his bedroom reveals a note to a demon promising to make sacrifices of women to win the Mega Millions Super Jackpot of £321 million.
On the day their bodies were discovered, Hussein purchased three lottery tickets.
But he tried to spin a web of lies - claiming CCTV footage of him at the park, in Asda, Morrisons and outside his father's home showed someone else who looked like him.
He even said the bloodstains were not his - or if they were, they had been transferred to the scene by "foxes and rabbits".
Senior investigating officer in the case, Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding, from the Specialist Crime Command said: “This is one of the most shocking and chilling cases I have ever dealt with, and I know the investigation will stay with all of those involved for many years to come.
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"Hussein went out that night with the intention of killing in order to satisfy his bizarre fantasies under the deluded belief he would be rewarded with financial prosperity.
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"His wicked acts have cut short the lives of two completely innocent women - who, even more devastatingly, were exceptionally close sisters simply out celebrating a birthday – and left family, friends and colleagues bereft, still struggling to come to terms with such a random and senseless attack."
Hussein will be sentenced on September 22 pending reports.
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