Garage worker, 36, pleads guilty at the start of his trial over death of schoolteacher in London
Photograph: Metropolitan police/PAPhotograph: Metropolitan police/PAKoci Selamaj, a 36-year-old garage worker from Eastbourne, has pleaded guilty to the murder of schoolteacher Sabina Nessa in London last September.
At the start of his trial at the Old Bailey, Selamaj was asked how he wished to plead to the charge of murder. “Guilty,” Selamaj replied. Nessa, 28, was found dead in Cator Park, Kidbrooke, south-east London, on 18 September, a day after leaving her home to meet a friend in a nearby bar. The year 1 teacher at Rushey Green primary school in Catford, was found covered with leaves near a community centre in the park.
The prosecution told an earlier hearing that Nessa was struck with a 60cm weapon by someone believed to be a stranger.
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