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| Sheffield man Aras Hussein guilty of beheading girlfriend | Sheffield man Aras Hussein guilty of beheading girlfriend |
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| A man who beheaded his teenage girlfriend with a kitchen knife has been found guilty of her murder. | A man who beheaded his teenage girlfriend with a kitchen knife has been found guilty of her murder. |
| Aras Hussein decapitated 18-year-old student Reema Ramzan at his flat in Sheffield in June before stabbing himself in the chest. | |
| The 21-year-old was jailed for life at Sheffield Crown Court and ordered to serve a minimum term of 20 years. | |
| Hussein, of Herries Road, admitted the killing on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but had denied murder. | Hussein, of Herries Road, admitted the killing on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but had denied murder. |
| The body of Miss Ramzan was discovered in the kitchen of Hussein's flat on 4 June. | The body of Miss Ramzan was discovered in the kitchen of Hussein's flat on 4 June. |
| Defence wounds | Defence wounds |
| Police had been called to the address after a passer-by found Hussein walking in Herries Road naked and covered in blood. | Police had been called to the address after a passer-by found Hussein walking in Herries Road naked and covered in blood. |
| Sheffield Crown Court heard Miss Ramzan, who was studying health and social care at Sheffield City College and lived with her family, had been stabbed in the chest and decapitated. | Sheffield Crown Court heard Miss Ramzan, who was studying health and social care at Sheffield City College and lived with her family, had been stabbed in the chest and decapitated. |
| She had several defence wounds on her hands and forearm. | She had several defence wounds on her hands and forearm. |
| Prosecutor Graham Reeds QC told the jury Miss Ramzan was still alive as the defendant started to sever her head and "severe force" would have been required. | |
| The trial heard a neighbour had reported hearing a scream from Hussein's flat on the day of the killing. | |
| Mr Reeds told the jury: "No-one can know what happened in that room immediately before the killing and what led to it." | |
| During Hussein's trial, the court heard heard Miss Ramzan's family disapproved of the couple's relationship. | |
| Pictures threat | |
| The jury heard police had got involved on one occasion when Hussein threatened to show the student's family sexual pictures he had taken of her. | |
| And her brother Sohail had argued with Hussein when he spotted red marks around Miss Ramzan's neck. | |
| Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, has always admitted killing the teenager at his flat, but he denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | |
| When he was found naked and bleeding in the street, Hussein asked paramedics: "Why are you helping me? I've murdered someone." | |
| He later told them: "I don't know why I did it." | |
| Miss Ramzan had gone to Hussein's flat on the day without her family's knowledge, taking her passport and a large amount of money with her. | |
| When Hussein was taken to the Northern General Hospital for treatment he attacked staff trying to help him, the jury heard, including a surgeon, anaesthetist and police officers. |