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Benjamin William Day, who was 19 at the time, lured Maria Saceanu to a room he had rented on Airbnb Warning: This article contains details that readers may find distressing A forensic science student obsessed with the US television drama Dexter has admitted murdering a 24-year-old woman after luring her to a plastic-lined "kill room" inside an Airbnb. Benjamin William Day, 20, changed his plea to guilty on the second day of his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Prosecutors said he had carefully planned the killing of Maria Saceanu, preparing a room with plastic sheeting and items intended to help him murder her and dispose of evidence. Day, who was 19 when the murder took place, was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced on 4 December. The University of Worcester undergraduate, of Yeadon Close in Redditch, Worcestershire, had been expected to argue he acted in self-defence and had set up the room to film a Dexter tribute for TikTok. But after an hour-long delay to proceedings earlier, Day returned to the dock and appeared to smirk as he entered a guilty plea. The first day of the trial heard that after causing 78 knife wounds to sex worker Saceanu, who he contacted through a website using a burner phone, Day abandoned the "gruesome task" of dismemberment because he cut himself. Prosecutor Rachel Brand KC said he had set up the rented room in the Tividale area of the West Midlands to emulate the TV character Dexter, including lining the walls and floor with plastic sheeting to cover his tracks. He had also amassed a "shopping list" of items, including an apron, a plastic visor and cleaning chemicals.

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中文标题： 学生承认在“Dexter”式杀人房间谋杀女子

法医科学学生本杰明·威廉·戴（20岁，案发时19岁）承认在Airbnb内一塑料衬墙房间谋杀24岁女子玛丽亚·萨切亚努；他原拟以自卫辩解，后改认罪，定于12月4日判刑。检方称其预谋行凶，死者有78处刀伤，他因割伤自己放弃分尸。

  • 情报分类：综合情报
  • 分类依据：英国学生谋杀案庭审报道，属综合新闻
  • 信息来源：英语新闻 / BBC News Top Stories
  • 发布时间：2026/10/6 23:23:51