Bournemouth beach stabbings: Man found guilty of murder

On the night of the attack, the two women were sitting on the sand where they had lit a fire.

Jurors were shown CCTV footage of Saadi walking up and down the promenade before stepping on to the sand and attacking the pair and leaving them to bleed to death.

Ms Gray, a fitness instructor, was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics arrived.

Ms Miles was taken to hospital with 20 knife wounds, mainly to her back.

Saadi, who had been studying criminology at the University of Greenwich, was arrested at his aunt’s house in Purley on 28 May.

Police found a number of knives and self-defence spray in a bedroom at the property.

No weapon or clothing from the night of the killing was recovered during the investigation.