Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police
Headline: Man jailed for manslaughter after killing his fiancée
A man who calmly called police to tell them he had just killed his fiancée has been jailed for manslaughter.
Arben Rexha, 33, (03.02.84) of Jessop Court, N1 was sentenced today, Friday, 2 February to 10 years’ imprisonment.
On Friday, 8 September Rexha pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 25-year-old Elidona Demirai on the basis of diminished responsibility at the Old Bailey. His sentencing was delayed for a psychiatric assessment to be made.
Police were called at around 23:50hrs on Sunday 31 January 2016 by Rexha who claimed to have killed his partner at an address in Jessop Court, N1.
Officers attended and found Rexha with his arms outstretched and hands together ready to be arrested and handcuffed.
Elidona was found inside the property with multiple stab wounds to the throat.
Officers administered first aid until the arrival of the London Ambulance Service. London’s Air Ambulance also attended but Elidona was pronounced dead at the scene a short while later.
Her family was informed and a post mortem examination held on 2 February 2016 gave the cause of death as multiple stab wounds.
Elidona had only been in the UK for three months before she was killed, coming from Albania to live with Rexha in Islington.
The court heard how neighbours and friends had heard arguments between the pair escalate in the weeks prior to the murder.
Rexha, who was arrested on the day of the attack, admitted killing his fiancée when questioned and repeatedly banged his head on the table at the end of the interview. He accepted that he did not act in self-defence but claimed to have been suffering from mental health issues in the days leading up to the fatal attack. Rexha pleaded guilty to manslaughter by means of diminished responsibility.
Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command conducted the investigation.
DI Paul Considine who led the investigation said: “This was a senseless death of a defenceless young woman who had her whole life in front of her; she had only recently arrived in the UK seeking a better life.
“Our thoughts are with her family and friends who have had to deal with this terrible loss.”