'Truly dangerous' James Sinclair killed Shadika Patel, 40, who he did not know, in March 2020.
A "truly dangerous" man who targeted women on the streets of east London has been found guilty of murdering a woman as she left home to take food to her sons ahead of the first Covid lockdown.
He was also convicted by the jury of attempting to murder Beverley Barzey, 48, the next night in Islington.Sinclair is set to be sentenced at the same court, the Old Bailey, on Friday. CCTV images were shown at the trial of Sinclair going up to Ms Patel after she had left her home on the night she was killed.Image caption,But Sinclair then ducked out of view and put a glove on his hand before running towards her and stabbing her seven times in the face, head and shoulders, jurors were told.Sinclair had led his victim down an alleyway before attacking her with a machete-style knife, stabbing her 16 times.
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