“Our city and society must change” says London Mayor Sadiq Khan, following the sentencing of Zara Aleena’s murderer “Women don’t just deserve to be safe, they have the right to be safe”
If you're just joining us, Jordan McSweeney has been jailed for life for the"brutal, sexually motived" murder Zara Aleena in east London last summer, with a minimum term of 38 years set by the judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.McSweeney was"prowling the streets" looking for a victim, just nine days after being released from prison
McSweeney followed multiple women on the same night, all who managed to evade him before he set eyes on Zara Aleena The judge said the killer was"wholly aware of what he was doing" when he inflicted"dozens of injuries" on his victim
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