Criminology student guilty of 'senseless' beach murder

A criminology student who quizzed his lecturer on how best to get away with killing someone has been found guilty of stabbing physical trainer Amie Gray to death on a beach in Bournemouth.

- ANGUS THOMPSON BARNEY DAVIS

Following a trial Nasen Saadi, 20, from Croydon, south London, was yesterday found guilty of the murder of Gray, 34, at Durley Chine Beach, West Undercliff Promenade, on 24 May. He was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Gray’s friend, Leanne Miles, who was with her at the time.

Prosecutors posed that Saadi “wanted to know what it would be like to take life” after he became fascinated with murder, asking his criminology lecturer unrelated questions about self-defence justification for killing and DNA analysis.

Lecturer Dr Lisa-Maria Reiss told the court Saadi had asked questions on “how to get away with murder”.

She said she explained his questions were not relevant to the lecture but there would be police input later in the course and he could save his interest for then. The exchange prompted her to ask Saadi: “You’re not planning a murder are you?” but he didn’t reply.