Man with 'rage' against women given life sentence for Dorset beach murder

A criminology student with a fascination for knives and a "rage" against women has been sentenced to life in prison after stabbing a mother to death on a Bournemouth beach.

- Steven Morris

Nasen Saadi, 21, spent months plotting the attack and asking university lecturers about how a killer would get away with murder. He equipped himself with latex gloves, a balaclava, wet wipes and nail clippers to try to avoid being traced.

Yesterday, he was told he would serve a minimum of 39 years and 65 days in prison for the murder of Amie Gray and the attempted murder of her friend Leanne Miles on Durley Chine beach in Dorset last May. Gray, 34, a sports coach, was killed after a blade penetrated her heart.

Mrs Justice Cutts said Saadi had attacked Gray and Miles because he had a grievance against society and against women in particular.

Rejection by girls and women had led to a "deeply suppressed rage", and the idea of becoming a notorious killer had attracted him. She said he was an "extremely dangerous young man" who thought he had planned the "perfect crime".

Winchester crown court heard that on the morning of his sentencing Saadi told a member of his legal team: "I never got noticed when I did a good thing. People have only noticed me when I did a bad thing."

Sarah Jones KC, prosecuting, said that a psychiatric report carried out after Saadi was convicted concluded that he did not have autism spectrum disorder but did exhibit features of that condition. Jones said that Saadi had a sense of grievance, an obsession with killing and a desire to feel powerful.