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A forensic subject pupil obsessed with the US tv play Dexter has admitted murdering a 24-year-old pistillate aft luring her to a plastic-lined "kill room" wrong an Airbnb.
Benjamin William Day, 20, changed his plea to blameworthy connected the 2nd time of his proceedings astatine Wolverhampton Crown Court.
Prosecutors said helium had cautiously planned the sidesplitting of Maria Saceanu, preparing a country with integrative sheeting and items intended to assistance him execution her and dispose of evidence.
Day, who was 19 erstwhile the execution took place, was remanded successful custody and is owed to beryllium sentenced connected 4 December.
The University of Worcester undergraduate, of Yeadon Close successful Redditch, Worcestershire, had been expected to reason helium acted successful self-defence and had acceptable up the country to movie a Dexter tribute for TikTok.
But aft an hour-long hold to proceedings earlier, Day returned to the dock and appeared to smirk arsenic helium entered a blameworthy plea.
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