Hasna Begum stabbed her ex-boyfriend Pietro Sanna 36 times (Picture: Central News)

A woman stabbed and killed her ex-boyfriend in a murderous rage after finding out he met someone new on Tinder.

Shop assistant Hasna Begum has been jailed for life after she stabbed 23-year-old part-time DJ Pietro Sanna 36 times.

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In the days before the murder, the 25-year-old sent threatening messages to Pietro’s date Giulia Consonni using fake Instagram profiles.

Then on June 23 – five months after their relationship ended – Begum climbed out of her window at 6am, took a taxi to Pietro’s home in Canning Town, east London and stabbed him to death.


She had been wearing a blonde wig and gloves as she confronted then brutally attacked him before fleeing with his phone.



Changing into his hooded top and trousers to hide her blood-stained clothes, she jumped in a taxi and went to a medical centre to get a cut to her thumb checked out.

Begum then used the Italian man’s phone for the next few days, deleting his Instagram posts and calling him six times in an attempt to cover her tracks.

His body was found three days later when she anonymously tipped off his brother.

Pietro Sanna was murdered by his ex-lover Hasna Begum (Picture: Central News)

Jurors were told that Begum met Pietro – who worked in a Canary Wharf sandwich shop – while she worked at a Clinton’s card shop in January 2016.

She claimed they started a year-long relationship but eventually split in January this year as she suspected him of cheating on her.

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Begum says she went to his home on the day of the murder to discuss getting back together and decided to wear the wig because she wanted to look her best and not ‘like a tramp’.

The gloves she had on were just ‘how I accessorise’, she told the court.

DCI Gary Holmes, who led the investigation, said: ‘This was a callous, brutal and merciless attack on a young man who had his whole life ahead of him.

‘The frenzied brutal nature of the attack must have been entirely unexpected by the victim.

‘Her behaviour before and after the attack was very conceited and her claim of self-defence was rightly dismissed by the jury.

‘I hope today’s verdict goes some way to helping the victim’s family move on from what has been a harrowing and painful period.’

In a statement, the victim’s mother, Valentina Coiana, said: ‘What words can one use to explain the pain for losing their son?

‘How can I explain the weight pressing on my chest when I realise he is no longer here?

‘The pain caused by his death has been shared by all his friends, the old ones and the new ones in London: everyone remembered him as a young man who was always happy, cheerful, helpful, and caring.

‘Despite the fact that we go on with our jobs, studies, and daily lives, there is a void in our family that will never be filled.’



Begum, of Millwall, The Isle of Dogs, east London, was convicted of murder at Inner London Crown Court on Monday.

She was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years.