WMPD Babatundei Ismail stabbed his girlfriend 11 times and then made her pretend she had done it herself

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Babatundei Ismail plunged a kitchen knife 11 times into shop worker Luiza Sedel but then got her to make a 999 call claiming she had inflicted the wounds herself. However, the Polish-born victim later revealed the truth of what had happened to her to medical staff.

Ismail, 33, had denied attempted murder but was found guilty following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Malcolm Morse, prosecuting, said Miss Sedel came to the UK in the summer of 2014 and had not been in the country very long before she began a relationship with Ismail. They initially lived in London before moving to Erdington. Their relationship had initially been good and Miss Sedel became pregnant, although she lost the baby.

SWNS Ismail subjected Miss Sedel to a sustained and violent attack

However, her feelings for the defendant changed and she made it plain to him that she was considering they should separate. His reaction was to threaten to kill himself in order to put emotional pressure on her. Mr Morse said Miss Sedel worked at a shop in Stephenson Street and on one occasion had had sex with one of her colleagues which she later admitted to Ismail, who claimed he had forgiven her. He said on the evening of December 29 last year she had come home from work at around 11pm and had discussed the possibility of her moving out.

He told her that he was going to die that night and that he was going to kill himself and that she was going to die as well

Ismail had initially seemed quite calm but then his mood changed and he accused her of being in love with her colleague, said Mr Morse. He then reached up and took a knife which had been on the top of a wardrobe, he said. “He told her that he was going to die that night and that he was going to kill himself and that she was going to die as well. “He said she needed to bend down and beg him and so she did. “She tried to take hold of the knife to stop him.

GOOGLE MAPS Miss Sedel worked at a shop in Stephenson Street, Birmingham