The vile killer claimed he didn't want to 'relive' the murder and refused to enter the dock
An evil sexual predator who murdered law graduate Zara Aleena just days after he was released from prison has been jailed for 38 years. Jordan McSweeney brutally attacked and sexually assaulted Zara as he left her for dead after dragging her onto a driveway in a sickening nine minute assault.
The sick serious thug of Dagenham, Essex, had not been arrested despite being recalled to prison two days before the attack, the Mirror reports. He pleaded guilty to murder and sexual assault last month. "Tragically for Zara Aleena, of course, she was not so fortunate. The defendant saw, decided to follow her and was determined to assault her.
DNA was found underneath her fingernails and CCTV appeared to show Zara struggle as she fought against her attacker. McSweeney could be seen returning to her body numerous times to continue his sickening nine minute attack as he killed the talented law graduate. Breaking down in tears, her elderly grandmother Rashida Parreen struggled to finish her statement and said she had been left "completely broken" by the brutal murder of her first grandchild.
At 2.44am, emergency services were called when Zara was found with severe head injuries and struggling to breathe. She was taken to hospital, but she tragically died within hours as a result of multiple injuries. He had been in prison for criminal damage, racially aggravated harassment and unauthorised possession of a knife in prison.
"What happened in relation to the victim in this case, we would submit it is spontaneous. Something that happened during the course of the struggle, in anger, frustration, panic. It was not premeditated but that doesn’t excuse his responsibility for what happened."He continued: "His mother was a drug addict and as you will have seen in Dr Black’s report, is described by McSweeney as a crackhead. In his words she is very spiteful, vindictive and a horribly poisonous person.
"Nothing he was deprived of in terms of familial love, boundaries, safety or security could begin to justify his actions or attitudes as an independent adult with the ability to reason and opportunities to reform available to him.
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