Nasen Saadi

Saadi was born in 2004, he lived in Croydon south London, he was a student, at Grreenwich university, studying physical education. 

May 2003, After attending a criminology lecture, he changed courses to study criminology. 

Over the next academic year he had asked teachers questions about self-defence for murder and how long DNA stays behind after a crime. 

One teacher saying jokingly, " you're not planning a murder are you".

January 2024, Saadi used the university computers or his laptop to search for information about crimes. Some of the searches on the university computers were so disturbing in nature that they triggered IT alerts. He repeatedly searched for information about stabbings and high-profile murders that featured knives.

February & April 2024. His parents, who run a business importing fruit in South Croydon, confiscated two knives and an axe from him. He moved out of their house and into the home of his aunt and grandfather.

24 April 2024, Saadi searched “Bournemouth” and “machete” on the internet, and started to home in on a particular area of Bournemouth beach, accessed by the well-known West Cliff zigzag path. When he told his aunt he was going to Dorset, she texted him: “Have a lovely first independent travel, enjoy.”

21st May 2023, He travelled the 100-miles to Bournmouth, He took the train from south London to Bournemouth, and spent the next few days carrying out reconnaissance, including checking the positions of CCTV cameras.

Saadi rented a room at a Travelodge in Bournemouth, before moving to another hotel

He went to the cinema to watch the film,  'The Strangers - Chapter 1', a violent film where the male and female leads both get stabbed.

24th May 2024, just after 11pm he headed to the beach, and attacked Amie Gray, aged-34, and her friend, Leanne Miles. He left Bournemouth the next morning.

28th May 2024, When the police got to him, they found the suspect was, on the face of it, an ordinary 20-year-old man from a good family who often travelled and attended Buddhist ceremonies together.
When they searched Saadi’s bedroom, police found a knife in his bedside drawer. His grandfather told police that there was another knife hidden in between the wardrobe and wall. His parents handed over the knives and an axe they had taken from him.
Some of what Saadi had gleaned about police investigations paid off. None of the knives could be linked to the crime scene and he had got rid of all the clothes he had been wearing. He refused to give police the pin for his phone, knowing it could be used to establish his movements.

He could not deny he had been in Bournemouth at the time, as he was clearly caught on CCTV cameras during the day. Police used experts on gait and facial features to identify him in blurry night-time footage.

Despite extensive searches during the investigation no weapons or clothing from the night of the killing was ever recovered.

Wednesday 18th December 2024, After a nine-day-trial, the jury deliberated for five hours and 36 minutes before reaching a verdict, they unanimously found him guilty of murder and attempted murder.

Friday 28th March 2025, At Winchester Crown court, Saadi is sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 39-years for murder, with a concurrent sentence of 30-years for attempted murder. He will be eligible for parole in 2064 when he will be aged-60.