Man found guilty of murder after beach stabbings

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Craig Blake Amie Gray stands in a room with pictures on the wall. She has long, straight dark brown hair. Her black vest top shows tattoos running down both arms.

A criminology student has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder after stabbing two women on Bournemouth beach.

Amie Gray, 34, was killed and 38-year-old Leanne Miles was seriously injured in the attack on Durley Chine Beach on 24 May.

Nasen Saadi, 20, from Croydon, was found guilty following a nine-day trial at Winchester Crown Court, and pleaded guilty to failing to give the police access to his mobile phone.

The prosecution said Saadi "seems to have wanted to know what it would be like to take life".

On the night of the attack, the two women were sitting on the sand where they had lit a fire.

Jurors were shown CCTV footage of Saadi walking up and down the promenade before stepping on to the sand and attacking the pair and leaving them to bleed to death.

Ms Gray, a fitness instructor, was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics arrived.