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| Teenager admits killing James Attfield and Nahid Almanea | Teenager admits killing James Attfield and Nahid Almanea |
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| A teenager has admitted killing a 33-year-old man and a PhD student who were set upon while out walking in the town of Colchester. | |
| The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, stabbed James Attfield, 33, more than 100 times on 29 March 2014. | The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, stabbed James Attfield, 33, more than 100 times on 29 March 2014. |
| Attfield, who had a brain injury after being hit by a car four years before his death, was found fighting for his life in the town’s Castle park. He died later in hospital. | Attfield, who had a brain injury after being hit by a car four years before his death, was found fighting for his life in the town’s Castle park. He died later in hospital. |
| Three months later, the boy stabbed Nahid Almanea, a 31-year-old Saudi student, 16 times as she walked along the Salary Brook trail towards the University of Essex on the morning of 17 June 2014. | Three months later, the boy stabbed Nahid Almanea, a 31-year-old Saudi student, 16 times as she walked along the Salary Brook trail towards the University of Essex on the morning of 17 June 2014. |
| She was wearing an abaya when she was attacked. | She was wearing an abaya when she was attacked. |
| The two deaths sparked fears a killer was attacking randomly after police said there were striking similarities between the killings but nothing to link the victims. | The two deaths sparked fears a killer was attacking randomly after police said there were striking similarities between the killings but nothing to link the victims. |
| The teenager, from Colchester, was arrested after allegedly being found with a lock knife on 26 May last year in the same area that Almanea was killed. | The teenager, from Colchester, was arrested after allegedly being found with a lock knife on 26 May last year in the same area that Almanea was killed. |