‘Evil’ builder who raped and killed niece jailed for 40 years
AN “EVIL” builder has been jailed for at least 40 years for abducting, raping and cutting the throats of two young women, killing one and seriously injuring the other.
Mujahid Arshid, 33, hatched his murderous plot after becoming fixated with his 20-year-old niece, Celine Dookhran, and the surviving victim, who cannot be identified.
In July last year, he attacked them at a house he was renovating in Kingston, south-west London, and stuffed Ms Dookhran’s body in a freezer.
Arshid was found guilty of kidnap, murder, attempted murder, rape of both women and sexually assaulting the surviving victim when she was 13.
As he was convicted after 14 hours of deliberations, Ms Dookhran’s family shouted: “Yes”.
Arshid ranted in the dock, saying: “(The survivor) killed all of them. She’s lied to you.”
Mr Justice Edis said Arshid was an “extremely dangerous man” as he handed him four life sentences. He said: “He has no insight at all into the way other people perceive him. He believes he is the centre of the world.”
The judge dismissed as “absurd” his defence that the surviving woman was responsible for the killing.
He hailed the “intelligent and resourceful” way she had fooled Arshid into letting her go by pretending she loved him after he had slit her throat. She managed to raise the alarm and was rescued by Arshid’s brother.
In a victim statement, the woman said she and Ms Dookhran had been “inseparable”.
She described Arshid as a “sick” and “evil” man whose actions had left her scarred for life and suffering flashbacks.
She said: “Hearing the helpless screams and seeing the fear in Celine’s eyes that day. The terrifying visions and muffling sounds will never go away.”
Ms Dookhran’s mother Iman Naeem said her beautiful caring and funny daughter had fallen victim to “pure evil”.
The Old Bailey had heard that Arshid had a festering obsession with the surviving victim dating back to when she was a child.
When she first complained about his sexual abuse, her family had not believed her.
Four years before the murder, Arshid had revealed his rape fantasy involving the same woman in a web chat with an undercover police officer.