Stabbing victim told friend ‘he will kill me’ two years before attack

Yasmin Chkaifi told a friend in 2020 that Leon McCaskre had put cameras in her flat and stolen her post and phone. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

A woman stabbed to death by her abusive ex-husband in west London told a friend she was scared “he will kill me” two years before Monday’s knife attack.

Yasmin Chkaifi, 43, was murdered in Chippenham Road, Maida Vale, by Leon McCaskre, who himself died after being hit by a car. The attack was witnessed by horrified onlookers.