Most of the young people who study criminology at the University of Greenwich in South London hope to get a job in the police or perhaps a probation or prison job.
But when Nasen Saadi suddenly switched courses and began studying in the fall of 2023, he did it for a different reason.
Over the course of the academic year, Saadi was often asked how a murderer could get away with murder, how crime scenes were examined and how police forces met if a crime was committed far from where the perpetrator lived. he prepared the knives, analyzed the well-known murders, and determined the place of the murder.
In May, traveling by train from his home in south London to Bournemouth, more than 100 miles away, he tried – in real life – to see if they could kill strangers and get away.
The assassination plot appears to have been framed when Saadi, then 19, recently walked into a session in the UK political system. led by criminology lecturer Lisa-Maria Reiss in October 2023. He had just switched from a physical education course.
At the end of the lesson, he took off his headphones and asked: “Going back to that about self-defense murder…can you defend yourself if you’ve been attacked before?” He also asked how long the DNA remained and how it was analyzed.
Reiss, a police officer, special constable and academic, was shocked that his audience had not been subjected to the crime and asked him: “Are you planning a murder?” He replied that he was doing research on the newspaper’s records, but Reiss was so concerned about his mind that he would report his behavior within the university.
Reiss said Saadi was difficult to deal with, often appeared to ignore her when she answered him, and tried to challenge the female classmate, repeatedly saying that women were weaker than men, that they didn’t work in certain jobs, and that the police didn’t need them.
Saadi returned to the topic of the murder many times and in November 2023, Reiss’ partner, Pavandeep Singh Aneja, also a special constable, did a Q&A with his squad. Saadi asked him: “If a crime was committed in one area, how would that information be shared with the capital forces? of England?” Another question that raised eyebrows was: “What do you think about women police officers?”
From January 2024, Saadi used university computers or his laptop to search for information about crimes. Some of the research on university computers was of such a disturbing nature that it set the top of the mountains on fire. He often sought information about stabbings and murders involving knives, including the killing of a 16-year-old. Brianna Ghey in Chester.
He investigated: “What is the greatest knife” and examined the knife laws in England. Between February and April 2024, his parents bought six knives, who run an important fruit business in South Croydon, and sold two knives and an ax from him. He moved from his house to the house of his aunt and grandfather.
In February he is accused of the Grails. The way the Met police handled the allegation made against them has been scrutinized by professional standards. The conclusion of this has not yet been published and the details are not known.
In April, he began researching beaches in southern England, trying to find out which people visited at night, and also whether it was easier to run on sand or pebbles.
On the 24th of April the “Bournemouth” and the “machete” were searched, and in the middle of May they came to a particular beach off Bournemouth, by way of the well-known West Cliff. When he went to his aunt DorsetHe covered him: “Have a nice first independent trip, enjoy.”
He took a train from south London to Bournemouth on May 21 and spent the next few days doing reconnaissance, including monitoring the locations of CCTV cameras.
He went to the cinema watching Pilgrims: Chapter 1a home invasion movie in which there is a break, where the residents invade with knives. He changed accommodation and, just after 11pm on May 24, headed to the beach with Amie Gray, 34, and her friend, Leanne Miles. The next morning he left Bournemouth.
When the detectives went to him four days later, they found the suspect in his face, a 20-year-old from a well-to-do family who often traveled and attended Buddhist ceremonies.
A neighbor described the family as “kind”, saying that Saadi’s mother had cooked for him when her daughter was unwell. He said Saadi was playing football in the garden. Saadi’s mother said the accident left her a “broken woman”.
When they searched Saadi’s room, the police found a knife in his bed drawer. The grandfather told police that another knife was hidden in a closet and a wall. His parents handed him the knives and ax he had taken.
Some of the things Saadi collected about solving police investigations. No knife could be connected to the crime scene and he had thrown away all the clothes he was wearing. He refused to give the police his phone number, knowing that they could establish his movements.
He couldn’t deny that he was at Bournemouth as he was apparently caught on CCTV cameras during the day. Police used vehicle and facial recognition experts to identify him during the nighttime foot traffic.
While in the prison of the guilty, leaving the guards of Saadi, whether true or false in the assessment that he said that he was held by the shape and appearance of the knives. He became “cocky” as the officer told the police not to crack his phone because it had an alphanumeric password, a combination of letters and numbers.
The jury was not given a specific reason for the attack. In court, the prosecution suggested that he wanted to get the idea, or know what it was like to scare women.
One thing the jury was not allowed to hear while Saadi is being held at Belmarsh Prison in south-east London.
He was under 24-hour watch because of concerns for his safety, and asked a female officer: “Have you heard about the Bournemouth murder? what is said? Is the campaign a lot of press? “and began to masturbate.
But if he did not reveal his cause, he decided to kill the cause, so that it would remain unknown.