Yahoo News Evil Sabina Nessa murderer admits attacking two prison officers in HMP Frankland while serving life sentence
A murderer who killed a primary school teacher has admitted attacking two prison officers while serving his life sentence in a North East jail.
Koci Selamaj battered Sabina Nessa over the head 34 times with a metal traffic triangle until she was unconscious before carrying her away. He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years for the sexually motivated killing in April 2022.
Now he has appeared at Newcastle Crown Court via a video link to Broadmoor Hospital and pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on two prison officers at Frankland Prison on May 8 2023. Selamaj stabbed one of the prison guards to the right thigh and right arm after he heard smashing and saw him come out of his cell with porcelain in both hands, swinging it and trying to slash him. He was then pushed back into his cell when the victim's colleagues attended and he punched a second officer twice in the face.
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Judge Stephen Earl said: "This is a case where there's a minimum sentence issue here because of his previous conviction for murder in 2022." Turning to Selamaj, he said: "I will adjourn the case now for sentence in relation to these two matters until the 14th of June, when you will appear, as you are now, on a link for sentence."
Selamaj, 38, killed Ms Nessa in a park in Kidbrooke, south-east London in September 2021, having driven to London. CCTV footage captured him striking the 28-year-old over the head until she was unconscious, before carrying her away and he then strangled her, removed some of her clothes and tried to hide her body.
Selamaj, a garage worker from Eastbourne in East Sussex, travelled to London on 17 September intending to assault a random woman after he was spurned by his estranged wife, the Old Bailey heard. Ms Nessa, who taught a year one class at Rushey Green Primary School in Catford, was found nearly 24 hours later near a community centre in the park.
Days later, Selamaj, from Eastbourne in East Sussex, was arrested in the seaside town. After pleading guilty to murder, he refused to attend court for his sentence.
Mr Justice Sweeney described the "savage" attack as sexually motivated. He said Ms Nessa was the "wholly blameless victim of an absolutely appalling murder which was entirely the fault of the defendant".
It is believed Ms Nessa had only gone through the park as she was running late and this was the quickest route to the bar where she had been due to meet a friend. Grainy footage showed a hooded man passing her, looking back at her, and running toward her before hitting her over the head 34 times in quick succession.
He used such force that parts of the weapon shattered and fell to the ground, the Met Police said. Ten minutes after dragging Ms Nessa away, Selamaj reappeared on camera and began picking up pieces of the murder weapon from the floor. He also used tissues to clean the bench where part of the attack had taken place.
On his way back to the south coast, Selamaj dumped the warning triangle in the River Teise in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Police said he appeared to be "calm and collected" on his arrest.
The judge said it was "cowardly" of the defendant to refuse to attend his sentencing but said he had no power to force him.
Following the sentencing hearing, Det Ch Insp Neil John described Selamaj as an "evil coward". He said: "It is highly unusual for someone to go from zero to a crime of this magnitude. We are pleased Selamaj will spend the majority of his life in prison.",
Addressing the teacher's absent killer on Thursday, Ms Nessa's parents Abdur Rouf and Azibun Nessa said in a statement: "You had no right to take her away from us in such a cruel way. The moment the police officer came to our house and told her she was found dead our world shattered into pieces.
"How could you do such a thing to an innocent girl walking by, minding her own business? You are not a human being, you are an animal."
