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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. |
Pizza delivery driver 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. | The 21-year-old was jailed for life at Sheffield Crown Court and ordered to serve a minimum term of 20 years. |
Hussein admitted killing Miss Ramzan, but he denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | |
The body of Miss Ramzan was discovered in the kitchen of Hussein's flat in Herries Road on 4 June. | |
Defence wounds | Defence wounds |
Police had been called to the address after a passer-by saw Hussein walking in the road naked and covered in blood. | |
Miss Ramzan 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. | 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. | 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." | Mr Reeds told the jury: "No-one can know what happened in that room immediately before the killing and what led to it." |
Miss Ramzan was studying health and social care at college and lived with her family. | |
During the trial, the court heard her family disapproved of the couple's relationship. | |
The jury was told police got involved on one occasion when Hussein threatened to show the 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. | And her brother Sohail had argued with Hussein when he spotted red marks around Miss Ramzan's neck. |
Attacked hospital staff | |
Miss Ramzan had gone to Hussein's flat on the day she died without her family's knowledge, taking her passport and a large amount of money with her, the court heard. | |
After Hussein was found naked in the street he asked paramedics: "Why are you helping me? I've murdered someone." | |
He later told them: "I don't know why I did it." | He later told them: "I don't know why I did it." |
When Hussein was taken to the Northern General Hospital for treatment he attacked staff trying to help him, including a surgeon, an anaesthetist and police officers. | |
The mental health of Hussein had been an ongoing factor in the case following his transfer from prison to Rampton Secure Hospital in north Nottinghamshire last July. | |
In a statement, the victim's family said: "Words cannot describe the pain we feel not having her here. | |
"Reema was not just a beautiful girl to look at, she was a beautiful girl inside; so kind and helpful, she was always smiling and we loved her so much. | "Reema was not just a beautiful girl to look at, she was a beautiful girl inside; so kind and helpful, she was always smiling and we loved her so much. |
"As a family we are absolutely devastated and still cannot believe this has happened." | |