A sexual predator who murdered a law graduate within days of being released from prison has refused to come to court to be sentenced.
Jordan McSweeney pleaded guilty to the murder and sexual assault of Zara Aleena last month
Oliver Glasgow KC, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey she ‘stood no chance of survival’ after being attacked ‘with a savagery that is almost impossible to believe’.McSweeney, who pleaded guilty to murder and sexual assault, refused to leave his cell to be sentenced because he did not want to watch the CCTV of what he did.The court heard he spent the evening before at a Wetherspoon’s in Ilford where he was kicked out for making ‘persistent advances’ to one of the barmaids.
Mr Glasgow went on: ‘Despite being only yards from a public street and from residential properties, the defendant attacked Zara Aleena with a savagery that is almost impossible to believe. ‘He walked back to the caravan where he was living and the following morning, having hidden the bloodstained clothes and shoes he had been wearing during the attack, was seen laughing and joking with his friends; seemingly without any concern for what he had done or for the fate he had forced upon Zara Aleena.’When he was arrested, McSweeney refused to answer questions in a police interview.
In all, he has 28 previous convictions for 69 separate offences including burglary, theft of a vehicle, criminal damage, assaulting police officers and assaulting members of the public while on bail.
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