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| Oxford man admits Harrow killing | Oxford man admits Harrow killing |
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| An Oxford student has admitted killing the daughter of a Harrow schoolmaster. | An Oxford student has admitted killing the daughter of a Harrow schoolmaster. |
| William Jaggs, 22, stabbed Lucy Braham, 25, to death at her family home near Harrow School in Harrow-on-the-Hill, north-west London, in September 2006. | William Jaggs, 22, stabbed Lucy Braham, 25, to death at her family home near Harrow School in Harrow-on-the-Hill, north-west London, in September 2006. |
| An Old Bailey judge accepted Jaggs's plea of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | |
| Jaggs, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, had been studying English at Oxford University but was taking time out after experiencing difficulties. | Jaggs, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, had been studying English at Oxford University but was taking time out after experiencing difficulties. |
| Innocent and blameless | Innocent and blameless |
| Jaggs was initially charged with Miss Braham's murder but he denied this charge in court on Thursday. | Jaggs was initially charged with Miss Braham's murder but he denied this charge in court on Thursday. |
| The court heard Miss Braham was an "entirely innocent and blameless" young woman who had been killed in her own home. | The court heard Miss Braham was an "entirely innocent and blameless" young woman who had been killed in her own home. |
| She was a promising fashion graduate whose father is art director at the famous public school. | She was a promising fashion graduate whose father is art director at the famous public school. |
| When police responded to reports of screaming at the house, officers found Jaggs naked and yelling wildly. | |
| When they confronted him he began stabbing himself in the chest as Miss Braham lay in a pool of blood at his feet. | When they confronted him he began stabbing himself in the chest as Miss Braham lay in a pool of blood at his feet. |
| Jaggs injured himself so badly that he fell into a coma and it was several days before police could interview him. | Jaggs injured himself so badly that he fell into a coma and it was several days before police could interview him. |
| 'Cruellest tragedy' | |
| Miss Braham was a promising young fashion student who had won a scholarship to Millfield School in Somerset. | |
| Her teachers remembered her as an exemplary art scholar with a promising career ahead of her. | |
| After graduating from the London College of Fashion, she worked on her own range of clothing and accessories. | |
| Her family said she was stunningly beautiful but modest about her looks, and disliked being photographed. | |
| "It is the cruellest tragedy that someone so gentle should have had her life snatched away so senselessly," they said in a statement at the time of her death. | |
| "Lucy was quiet, calm and graceful. She had a circle of very close friends and a warm and generous smile that touched everyone she met." |