A forensics student, who was obsessed with TV drama Dexter, has pleaded guilty to the murder of Maria Saceanu, who was stabbed to death in a “kill room” inspired by the US show.
Benjamin Day, 20, a University of Worcester undergraduate, changed his plea to guilty on the second day of his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court, following talks with his barrister.
Day, who was 19 at the time of the murder, had been expected to claim self-defence, alleging he had set the room up as a “tribute” to the TV show in order to post on TikTok.
On the opening day of the trial, before Day’s plea change, prosecutor Rachel Brand KC said Day, of Redditch, Worcestershire, had “lured” in Ms Saceanu – who was a sex worker – to the room, which contained instruments used to kill her and dispose of the evidence.
He had called 999 after injuring his hand, and was later arrested in a khaki top – similar to that worn of Dexter.
Day inflicted 78 knife wounds and starting to dismember her body, the court was told.
“He had prepared himself to kill her,” Mrs Brand told the court. “He had planned to dispose of her body without leaving signs of what had happened and he planned to get away with it.
“But it all went wrong and he was caught.”
A forensics student, who was obsessed with TV drama Dexter, has plead guilty to the murder of Maria Saceanu, who was stabbed to death in a “kill room”, inspired by the US show
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