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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 a promising young fashion designer.
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, 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.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, admitted having sexual and violent hallucinations which he blamed on an LSD and cocaine habit, the court heard.
Innocent and blameless Drug abuse
Jaggs was initially charged with Miss Braham's murder but he denied this charge in court on Thursday. English student Jaggs had sent a girlfriend a text message saying: "I am going to see a shrink today. As you know, I am a psychopath".
The court heard Miss Braham was an "entirely innocent and blameless" young woman who had been killed in her own home. Jaggs once emailed a teacher to say he was hearing voices and having hallucinations, including thinking he could hear his friends having sex.
She was a promising fashion graduate whose father is art director at the famous public school. "These are paranoid delusional nightmares brought on by drugs", he said.
When police responded to reports of screaming at the house, officers found Jaggs naked and yelling wildly. He told a psychiatrist that four days before killing Miss Braham he took a chainsaw to kill a friend, but the friend was not at home.
When they confronted him he began stabbing himself in the chest as Miss Braham lay in a pool of blood at his feet. Jaggs was initially charged with Miss Braham's murder, but he denied this charge in court on Thursday.
'Innocent and blameless'
The court heard Miss Braham was an "entirely innocent and blameless" young woman.
She was a promising fashion graduate working on her own clothing range.
Her father is art director at Harrow School.
When police responded to reports of screaming at her house, officers found Jaggs naked and yelling wildly.
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''Cruellest tragedy'
Miss Braham was a promising young fashion student who had won a scholarship to Millfield School in Somerset. Miss Braham 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.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. She later graduated from the London College of Fashion.
Her family said she was stunningly beautiful but modest about her looks, and disliked being photographed.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."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.""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."