Devil-obsessed 'Ripper' delivery driver, 26, who murdered woman faces life ...

Devil-obsessed 'Ripper' delivery driver, 26, who murdered woman faces life ...
Devil-obsessed 'Ripper' delivery driver, 26, who murdered woman faces life ...

A devil-obsessed 'Ripper' is facing the rest of his life behind bars for killing one woman and attacking two more in a violent four-hour spree.

Sexual predator Brian Sengendo fatally beat and stabbed Therasia Gordon, 44, then dumped her body in woods in Enfield, north London, last August.

Earlier the same night, the 26-year-old delivery driver targeted two other vulnerable women in the area, the Old Bailey was told. He is said to have kidnapped one and raped the other. 

A resident called police after seeing a woman being assaulted in a van, but by the time officers arrived the van had gone, with a large pool of blood left at the scene, as well as a phone that belonged to Ms Gordon.

The defendant, who had a collection of Tarot cards, was recorded on his mobile phone talking about devils and demons, jurors heard.

He told one of the victims 'repeat after me, I'm the devil's child' as he forced her into a sex act, the court was told.

On Friday, Sengendo was found guilty of seven charges, including murder, attempted murder, kidnap, and rape.

Brian Sengendo, who was found guilty at the Old Bailey in London, of seven charges, including murder, attempted murder, kidnap, and rape

Brian Sengendo, who was found guilty at the Old Bailey in London, of seven charges, including murder, attempted murder, kidnap, and rape

Therasia Gordon, 44, was fatally beat and stabbed, then dumped in woods in Enfield, north London

Therasia Gordon, 44, was fatally beat and stabbed, then dumped in woods in Enfield, north London

The jury was discharged from reaching verdicts on two other counts of kidnap and threatening with a knife in relation to a fourth woman.

Judge John Hillen congratulated the police for their 'outstanding' work to catch a potential serial killer before he could strike again.

He said: 'Through effective police work....it may well be a serial killer has been caught on day one.

'This is, to use a journalist vernacular, a Ripper case where an offender has been caught.'

Adjourning sentencing to March 18, the judge said the starting point would be 30 years but he would be considering a whole life order, meaning Sengendo would never be released.

During the trial, prosecutor John Price QC had told jurors that Sengendo carried out the attacks of 'escalating gravity' over less than four hours on the night of August 3 last year.

He kidnapped vulnerable women by 'tricking' them into his Vauxhall van.

Mr Price said: 'He pretended to be a potential client, whereas in truth, no sooner had they got in and shut the door, this man had something very different in mind.'

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