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| Man stabbed schoolgirl to death | Man stabbed schoolgirl to death |
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| A brain-damaged man was responsible for killing his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend, an Old Bailey jury has decided. | |
| Arsema Dawit was stabbed to death in a lift at the flats where she lived near Waterloo station, central London. | Arsema Dawit was stabbed to death in a lift at the flats where she lived near Waterloo station, central London. |
| Defendant Thomas Nugusse, 22, was unable to take part in the trial as he had suffered brain damage following a suicide attempt in prison. | Defendant Thomas Nugusse, 22, was unable to take part in the trial as he had suffered brain damage following a suicide attempt in prison. |
| As a result, the jury was asked only to decide if Nugusse was responsible for the killing in June last year. | As a result, the jury was asked only to decide if Nugusse was responsible for the killing in June last year. |
| Nugusse, of St Francis Way, Ilford, north-east London, was sent to a mental hospital without limit of time. | Nugusse, of St Francis Way, Ilford, north-east London, was sent to a mental hospital without limit of time. |
| He was initially charged with murder but due to the brain damage he suffered it was decided that he was unfit to plead. | |
| Consequently the jury were not allowed to return conventional innocent or guilty verdicts and instead found that Nugusse "committed the acts". | |
| Boyfriend's 999 stab confession | |
| Nugusse and Arsema had been in a relationship for two years but his behaviour became too much for her and she ended it. | |
| On 16 April 2008 he punched her at a McDonald's restaurant in Walworth, south-east London, blackening her eye, after she said hello to a male friend. | |
| Her mother, Tsehaynesh Medhani, called in the police, but Arsema was unwilling to file a formal complaint. | |
| Arsema is believed to have returned from school when she was attacked. | Arsema is believed to have returned from school when she was attacked. |
| The teenager died five weeks after her family made a complaint to the Metropolitan Police (Met). | The teenager died five weeks after her family made a complaint to the Metropolitan Police (Met). |
| An an internal inquiry into Arsema's death is being carried out by the force. | An an internal inquiry into Arsema's death is being carried out by the force. |