A forensics student has pleaded guilty to stabbing a woman to death in a ‘kill room’ inspired by US TV drama Dexter.
Benjamin Day, 20, changed his plea part way through his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court and admitted murdering Maria Saceanu, 24.
Day had been expected to claim self-defence, asserting that he set up the room to film a ‘tribute’ to Dexter which he could post on TikTok.
But after an hour-long delay on Tuesday, Day returned from the cells to the dock and appeared to smirk as he nodded towards the court clerk and entered a guilty plea.
Day, wearing a dark suit
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