Serial killings of two people in Colchester, United Kingdom
James Fairweather
Born
(1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 25)[2]
Nationality
British
Occupation
Schoolboy
Criminal status
Found guilty
Motive
Psychosis (claimed, rejected by court)[1]
Conviction(s)
Two counts of murder
Criminal charge
Two charges of murder
Penalty
Life with minimum of 27 years
Details
Victims
James Attfield Nahid Almanea
Date
29 March and 17 June 2014
Location(s)
Castle Park and Salary Brook Trail, Colchester, Essex
Target(s)
Random[1]
Killed
Two
Weapons
Knife
Date apprehended
27 May 2015
On 29 March 2014, 33-year-old James Attfield, who had a brain injury, was stabbed to death in Colchester, Essex. Three months later, on 17 June, Nahid Almanea, a 31-year-old Saudi student of the University of Essex, was also stabbed and killed.[3] Teenager James Fairweather was apprehended while planning a third murder in May 2015, and in January 2016 he pleaded responsible for both deaths. In April 2016 he was found guilty of both murders and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 27 years.[4]
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^"Sentencing remarks, R v Fairweather, 29 April 2016" (PDF).
^"James Attfield and Nahid Almanea deaths: Boy admits manslaughter". BBC News. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
^"Ripper-obsessed James Fairweather detained for double murder". BBC Sport. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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