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'Dexter obsessed' forensics student pleads guilty to murdering woman in copycat 'kill room' he created in Airbnb · Claire Duffin · 2026-10-06
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Benjamin Day, 20, changed his plea to guilty part way through his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday to the murder of Maria Saceanu, 24.
The Telegraph (republished by Yahoo News) and Brit Brief, both on 6 October 2026, report that Day changed his plea to guilty on the second day of his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court; earlier local coverage records his original not guilty plea.
Day had been expected to claim self-defence, asserting that he set up the room to film a 'tribute' to Dexter which he could post on TikTok.
The Telegraph and Brit Brief report the same planned defence: self-defence, with the room said to be for filming a Dexter tribute to post on TikTok.
He was arrested after stabbing Ms Saceanu 78 times and beginning to dismember her body.
The Telegraph and Brit Brief both report 78 knife wounds and that Day had started to dismember the body.
Day had been planning the killing since November 18 when he made a 'shopping list' on his phone, and all the items on the list were found at the scene.
The Telegraph reports the shopping list made on November 18 (knives, scissors, a mask, an apron, gloves, plastic sheeting, duct tape, a staple gun and more) and that all listed items were recovered at the scene.
Day called 999 after injuring his hand, told police he had been hurt by a fox or dog, and was arrested at 3.42am in hospital.
The Telegraph reports the 999 call after he cut himself, his account of an animal that 'might have been a fox', and his arrest at 3.42am in hospital; it places the call around 12.30am rather than 12.50am, a minor difference in timing.
Day was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on December 4.
The Telegraph and Brit Brief report that sentencing is scheduled for 4 December 2026 and that Day was remanded in custody.
The prosecutor told jurors the defendant changed his university course from journalism to applied biology and forensics.
The sources consulted describe Day as a University of Worcester forensics student but do not mention a change of course from journalism.
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