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Zara Aleena planned to become a solicitor

By Helena Wilkinson & Jeremy Britton

BBC News

A sexual predator described as a "danger to any woman" has pleaded guilty to the murder of Zara Aleena.

Jordan McSweeney, 29, also admitted sexually assaulting the law graduate as she walked home from a night out in east London last summer.

Ms Aleena, 35, died from multiple injuries after she was kicked and stamped on by McSweeney, from Dagenham.

She was discovered in Ilford by passers-by in the early hours of 26 June.

Ms Aleena, who was left partially naked and struggling to breathe, was taken to hospital where she died later that morning.

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Jordan McSweeney will be sentenced next month

McSweeney, who had only recently been released from prison, had 28 previous convictions for offences, including assault.

At the time of the killing, McSweeney was free on licence from a sentence for criminal damage, racially aggravated harassment and unauthorised possession of a knife in prison.