A jury has listened to an audio recording of the assault by sex offender Nasen Saadi on Bournemouth beach, which resulted in the death of physical trainer Amie Grey and severe injuries to her friend.
Nasen Saadi, a 20-year-old paedophile from Croydon, south London, is currently on trial at Winchester Crown Court, facing charges of murdering 34-year-old Ms. Grey at Durley Chine Beach, West Undercliff Promenade, on May 24, as well as the attempted murder of Leanne Miles at the same site.
Dr. Basil Purdue, a pathologist from the Home Office, said at the trial that Ms. Grey succumbed to 10 knife wounds, whilst Ms. Miles sustained 20 knife injuries.
The jury was presented with footage from a neighbouring CCTV camera, which physically depicted the seating arrangement of Chineside cafe, accompanied by audible prolonged yelling and a male voice.
In video evidence presented to the jury, detectives enquired of Saadi during a police interrogation taped on May 31 if he had perpetrated the crime.
Wearing a grey jumper with his arms crossed, the defendant replied: “I am not responsible and I have no reason to attack someone for no reason.”
He added: “I am wrongly accused of mistaken identity, mistakes can happen and I am not responsible.”
Nasen Saadi continued: “I think just because someone is wearing the same clothes is circumstantial.”
When asked where he was at the time of the attack, he replied “no comment” and when asked if he was the person in the CCTV footage of the incident, he replied: “Beaches are popular places, many people, CCTV shows there were many people walking, it’s not just one person.”
And when asked if he was that person, he replied: “No.”
The perverted defendant, Nasen Saadi, has been charged with a further count of wounding Ms Miles with intent to cause grievous bodily harm as an alternative to the attempted murder charge.
He pleaded not guilty to the extra charge and also denies the charges of murder and attempted murder.
Nasen Saadi, who was studying criminology at Greenwich University, has pleaded guilty to failing to give his phone pin number to police.
Charles Sherrard KC, defending, told the jury that his client would not be giving evidence from the witness box and there was no other evidence to be given as part of the defence case.
Summing up the evidence, the judge, Mrs Justice Cutts, told the jury that offences can create feelings of “outrage and sympathy” but told the jurors to put any such feelings on one side.
She added: “Emotion of any kind doesn’t assist when deciding whether the evidence against the defendant is sufficiently proved.”
The trial continues.
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