A "deeply violent" man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 38 years for the brutal murder of 35-year-old law graduate Zara Aleena. Ms Aleena died from several injuries after she was kicked and stamped on by Jordan McSweeney who followed her home earlier this year. McSweeney was also given a four-year sentence for sexual assault to run concurrently.
She was discovered during the early hours of June 26 in Cranbrooke Road in Ilford, East London, by passers-by who found her partially naked and struggling to breathe. She was taken to hospital where she tragically died later that morning.
McSweeney, 29, had only recently been released from prison and had 28 previous convictions for offences, including assault. After he was arrested on June 27, McSweeney made only "short, grumbled and unintelligible comments" under caution before disclosing that he was on medication for ADHD and suffered from split personality disorder. He then became very aggressive and threatened police officers saying "we're going to get fighting then" and "just because I'm in cuffs, don't think I'm, I'll bit your face off cuz... it's not a joke."
