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| Oxford man admits Harrow killing | Oxford man admits Harrow killing |
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| An Oxford student has admitted killing a promising young fashion designer. | An Oxford student has admitted killing a promising young fashion designer. |
| William Jaggs, 23, 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, admitted having sexual and violent hallucinations which he blamed on an LSD and cocaine habit, the court heard. | Jaggs, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, admitted having sexual and violent hallucinations which he blamed on an LSD and cocaine habit, the court heard. |
| Drug abuse | Drug abuse |
| After the verdict, he was sent to Broadmoor secure hospital and was told by the judge that he may never be released. | After the verdict, he was sent to Broadmoor secure hospital and was told by the judge that he may never be released. |
| Aftab Jafferjee, for the prosecution, said: "This was a sexually motivated homicidal attack on an entirely innocent and blameless young woman inside her family home." | Aftab Jafferjee, for the prosecution, said: "This was a sexually motivated homicidal attack on an entirely innocent and blameless young woman inside her family home." |
| 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". | 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". |
| Jaggs once emailed a teacher to say he was hearing voices and having hallucinations, including thinking he could hear his friends having sex. | Jaggs once emailed a teacher to say he was hearing voices and having hallucinations, including thinking he could hear his friends having sex. |
| "These are paranoid delusional nightmares brought on by drugs", he said. | "These are paranoid delusional nightmares brought on by drugs", he said. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. |
| 'Innocent and blameless' | 'Innocent and blameless' |
| The court heard Miss Braham was an "entirely innocent and blameless" young woman. | 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. | She was a promising fashion graduate working on her own clothing range. |
| Her father is art director at Harrow School. | 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. | 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. | He began stabbing himself in the chest as Miss Braham lay in a pool of blood at his feet. |
| It is the cruellest tragedy that someone so gentle should have had her life snatched away so senselessly Family statement Jaggs injured himself so badly that he fell into a coma and it was several days before police could interview him. | It is the cruellest tragedy that someone so gentle should have had her life snatched away so senselessly Family statement Jaggs injured himself so badly that he fell into a coma and it was several days before police could interview him. |
| Miss Braham 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. |
| She later graduated from the London College of Fashion. | 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." |