Man Admits Murdering Zara Aleena During Sex Attack on London Street

Night attack has echoes of murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa

Zara Aleena, who detectives believe was “attacked by a stranger” while walking along Cranbrook Road in the direction of Gants Hill station in London in the early hours of June 26, 2022. Metropolitan Police

A sex attacker has admitted murdering a woman after ambushing her as she walked home alone in the middle of the night in east London. He had been released from prison just nine days earlier.

Jordan McSweeney, 29, pleaded guilty to the murder of 35-year-old Zara Aleena, who was attacked in Ilford on June 26 this year.