A FAILED asylum seeker has been charged with fatally stabbing a female fashion shop boss who gave him a job in a frenzied attack.
Sayed Akbar S. from Afghanistan allegedly stabbed Magda M. 26 times with an eight-centimetre blade at a New Yorker clothing store in Krefeld, Germany.
A court heard that Sayed’s asylum application had been rejected by the German authorities.
However, they granted him a deportation ban after ruling that sending him back to Afghanistan would be too dangerous.
Magda, 41, was counting cash when Sayed allegedly attacked her out of the blue. She tragically died at the scene.
Sayed was found at the crime scene with blood stains on his body.
During the trial, a prosecutor told a court that the Afghan asylum seeker suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.
They added that he acted in a “state of diminished responsibility” when the alleged attack happened.
Magda’s family told Bild: “The moment he ended Magda’s life, our suffering began. A suffering that will never end and has traumatised many people forever.
“The moment he ended Magda’s life, our suffering began. A suffering that will never end and has traumatised many people forever.
“What are we supposed to think when we see this man?”
It comes after another Afghan lorry migrant fatally stabbed a dogwalker 14 times just moments after attacking his landlord and a teenager, a court heard.
Safi Dawood, 22, is charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, 49, and the attempted murder of two others in Uxbridge, west London, last week.
Dawood’s alleged rampage left a 14-year-old boy wounded and Shahzad Farrukh, 45, with “life-changing injuries”.
He has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and possession of an offensive weapon.
The Afghan national, who entered the UK via lorry in 2020, confirmed his identity by video from Wandsworth prison at an Old Bailey hearing today.
The court heard he had been due to leave his accommodation in Uxbridge three days after he launched a knife attack on October 27.
Dawood appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, where he refused to confirm his name.
Dawood was arrested near to the scene of the attacks and subsequently charged with the murder of Mr Broadhurst.
Officers said the suspect was treated for a “medical episode” following his arrest.
He was then charged with the attempted murder of Mr Farrukh and the 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Judge Mark Lucraft KC set a plea hearing for January 12 and a provisional trial of up to three weeks from July 20 next year.
Dawood was remanded into custody.
The Home Office confirmed Dawood entered the UK clandestinely via lorry in 2020 and was granted asylum and leave to remain in 2022.
He did not live in Home Office accommodation.
