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An Oxford student has admitted killing a promising young fashion designer.An Oxford student has admitted killing a promising young fashion designer.
William Jaggs, 23, stabbed Lucy Braham, 25, to death at her family home near Harrow School, Harrow-on-the-Hill, north-west London, in September 2006.William Jaggs, 23, stabbed Lucy Braham, 25, to death at her family home near Harrow School, Harrow-on-the-Hill, north-west London, in September 2006.
An Old Bailey judge accepted Jaggs's plea of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. An Old Bailey judge accepted Jaggs' plea of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Jaggs, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, admitted having sexual and violent hallucinations which he blamed on an LSD and cocaine habit, the court heard.Jaggs, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, admitted having sexual and violent hallucinations which he blamed on an LSD and cocaine habit, the court heard.
Drug abuseDrug abuse
After the verdict, he was sent to Broadmoor secure hospital and was told by the judge that he may never be released. After the verdict, he was sent to Broadmoor secure hospital.
Aftab Jafferjee, for the prosecution, said: "This was a sexually motivated homicidal attack on an entirely innocent and blameless young woman inside her family home." The judge, Mr Justice Bean, said: "You should realise that it may never be safe to release you."
He said doctors had described him as dangerous and a grave and immediate risk to others.
"The facts you gave to them show a chilling insight into a sick mind," said the judge.
English student Jaggs had sent a girlfriend a text message saying: "I am going to see a shrink today. As you know, I am a psychopath".English student Jaggs had sent a girlfriend a text message saying: "I am going to see a shrink today. As you know, I am a psychopath".
Jaggs once emailed a teacher to say he was hearing voices and having hallucinations, including thinking he could hear his friends having sex.Jaggs once emailed a teacher to say he was hearing voices and having hallucinations, including thinking he could hear his friends having sex.
"These are paranoid delusional nightmares brought on by drugs", he said. "These are paranoid delusional nightmares brought on by drugs," he said.
He told a psychiatrist that four days before killing Miss Braham he took a chainsaw to kill a friend, but the friend was not at home.He told a psychiatrist that four days before killing Miss Braham he took a chainsaw to kill a friend, but the friend was not at home.
Jaggs was initially charged with Miss Braham's murder, but he denied this charge in court on Thursday.Jaggs was initially charged with Miss Braham's murder, but he denied this charge in court on Thursday.
'Innocent and blameless''Innocent and blameless'
The court heard Miss Braham was an "entirely innocent and blameless" young woman.The court heard Miss Braham was an "entirely innocent and blameless" young woman.
She was a promising fashion graduate working on her own clothing range.She was a promising fashion graduate working on her own clothing range.
Her father is art director at Harrow School.Her father is art director at Harrow School.
When police responded to reports of screaming at her house, officers found Jaggs naked and yelling wildly.When police responded to reports of screaming at her house, officers found Jaggs naked and yelling wildly.
He began stabbing himself in the chest as Miss Braham lay in a pool of blood at his feet.He began stabbing himself in the chest as Miss Braham lay in a pool of blood at his feet.
It is the cruellest tragedy that someone so gentle should have had her life snatched away so senselessly Family statement Jaggs injured himself so badly that he fell into a coma and it was several days before police could interview him.It is the cruellest tragedy that someone so gentle should have had her life snatched away so senselessly Family statement Jaggs injured himself so badly that he fell into a coma and it was several days before police could interview him.
Miss Braham had won a scholarship to Millfield School in Somerset.Miss Braham had won a scholarship to Millfield School in Somerset.
Her teachers remembered her as an exemplary art scholar with a promising career ahead of her.Her teachers remembered her as an exemplary art scholar with a promising career ahead of her.
She later graduated from the London College of Fashion.She later graduated from the London College of Fashion.
Her family said she was stunningly beautiful but modest about her looks, and disliked being photographed. Her father compared the way Lucy and Jaggs had used their privileged upbringings.
"It is the cruellest tragedy that someone so gentle should have had her life snatched away so senselessly," they said in a statement at the time of her death. She was nicknamed "the ray of sunshine" and one of her school friends referred to her "amazing smile which said everything's going to be OK".
"Lucy was quiet, calm and graceful. She had a circle of very close friends and a warm and generous smile that touched everyone she met." By contrast, Jaggs "spat in the face of everyone who had given him his advantages - his parents, his teachers... and everyone who put him in a position of trust," he said.
Mr Braham also said his daughter was "badly let down" by Harrow School which, he said, failed to tackle Jaggs' drug-taking when he was a pupil there.