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This is the disguise a 41-year-old man fashioned moments before attempting to murder a pregnant woman who was then repeatedly stabbed in a "horrifying" street attack.

Babur Karamat Raja, from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, admitted the offence last month during a video-link appearance at Birmingham Crown Court.

The company director also pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted child destruction, possession of a knife in public, and the wounding and assault of two passers-by.

Raja's victim was in court and broke down in tears as he entered his guilty pleas.

In court the judge was told how if the knife was 2mm deeper, the child would have died.

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The court was shown an image of Raja, hooded with a top that is seemingly stuffed with items.

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Raja was arrested and taken to Sutton Coldfield police station. During an assessment with mental health professionals he said he had felt low in mood for three months.

He said he had been thinking about killing the victim for a few days before. He had a knife and spare set of clothes in his car, in preparation to kill.

Speaking in court, the victim said: "My world is one I don’t know how to deal with and it scares me massively.

"I now have to totally rebuild by life."

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In a statement issued after Raja's guilty pleas, the Crown Prosecution Service described the attack as completely unjustified and unprovoked.

The court heard today that the victim begged him to stop stabbing her, pleading with him that she has children.

The victim was 36 weeks pregnant when she was attacked, the court heard.

Her baby was born weighing 2.4 kg. Doctors said if the knife had been 2mm further over, the baby would have dead.

There is a possibility the child will suffer with brain damage, the court heard.

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Emily Lenham, senior crown prosecutor from West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service, said in a statement: "Babur Raja committed one of the worst acts of violence conceivable.

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"But for the brave intervention of members of the public, who put their own lives at risk, the consequences of this incident could have been even more serious."

The victim was in hospital for two weeks and was later referred to physiotherapists.

She has enlarged scars on her abdomen and was referred to the trauma psychology department because of the struggle, which has included suicidal thoughts.

The court she has had to do all this while attending to needs of children, including her newborn.

Raja will be sentenced this afternoon.