Tunisian-born Maher Maaroufe, 23, is to be sentenced at the Old Bailey for the manslaughter of Sabita Thanwani.
An asylum seeker who nearly beheaded his girlfriend while stabbing her to death has been branded a “monster” by the victim’s family, a court heard.
Maher Maaroufe is to be sentenced for the manslaughter of Sabita Thanwani at student accommodation in Clerkenwell, London The court heard Maaroufe entered the UK legally on an unknown date but had overstayed and was in the process of claiming asylum at the time of the attack.On the evening before the attack, Ms Thanwani met Maaroufe, who was wearing a balaclava, outside a mosque and they spent time in Edgware Road and Oxford Street.
Ms Thanwani, an aspiring psychologist, was described as a “hardworking, conscientious, kind and caring young woman”.
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