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[Music] website in early June 2020 the city of London was in the middle of its first
lockdown issued in response to the Corona virus pandemic for almost 3 months UK residents had been ordered to
stay at home to prevent spreading the virus dubbed covid-19 when the weather was good people would
catch up with their friends and family Outdoors where there was less risk of spreading the virus in the fresh air but
during the first week of June temperatures were cool prompting members of the public to want to socialize
indoors instead the UK government reminded its citizens to remain cautious and continue
meeting outside as much as possible bber Henry was a respected social worker who took the community's
health and safety seriously so as her 46th birthday approached on Friday June 5 she decided to celebrate with a sunset
picnic in a local park instead of a party at home restrictions on movement meant that
only loved ones who lived within walking distance could attend and it would be a
fairly small gathering undeterred BBA sent text messages to friends with an invitation to
attend please bring a blanket lights snacks and a drink of your choice let's have a catch up play some sophisticated
music watch the sunset and take it from there included with the text was a Google Maps screenshot of the party's
destination a 250 acre park with Open Fields and small Woods called fryent Country Park it was located near
Bieber's home of Wembley in Northwest London one person who was able to attend the
celebration was Bieber's younger half-sister 27-year-old Nicole smallman Nicole who was a freelance
photographer and artist lived in the neighboring town of Harrow despite their 20-year age
difference the sisters were close and Nicole helped Bieber prepare for the picnic that evening the two went to a
supermarket to purchase snacks then headed to Frant Country Park in Bieber's purple a
video footage from London's expansive CCTV Network captured the two walking into the park side by side at 7:39 p.m.
chatting together and smiling as They Carried their supplies the sisters selected a spot at
the top of a hill scattering cushions and blankets around they had also brought some fairy
lights and glow sticks to add a party atmosphere and provide light after the sun went down
as Bieber's friends started to arrive the sisters waved the lights in the air to draw their
attention the spot where they were seated afforded a scenic view of London and everyone snapped photographs of the
pink and purple stre sky as the sunset and dusk fell there was singing dancing laughing
and chatting as well as lots of eating and drinking when it became dark and the hour grew late Bieber's guests began to
depart one by one the party goers said goodbye and headed home until Just Bieber and
Nicole remained left alone to enjoy some time together the Two Sisters chatted danced
and snapped photographs of themselves playing with The Fair lights throughout the night Nicole had
been texting her boyfriend Adam via the messaging platform WhatsApp at 1:04 a.m. she sent him a
message that read I'm dancing ing in a field accompanied by an emoji of a woman dancing she followed up with another
text going home soon [Music] [Music] the following morning of Saturday June 6 will hermin smallman decided to text her
daughters Bieber and Nicole to see how their picnic had gone will hel minina who went by the
nickname Mina had been unable to attend Bieber's party as she lived in the coastal town of Ramsgate located almost
80 Mi East from London in the county of Kent but Bieber and Nicole had made sure to
send Mina photos from the celebration the previous night their family was close-nit as well as Bieber and Nicole
Mina had a third daughter manique who lived in Holland Bieber and manique were Mina's
children from her first marriage to Herman Henry a retired boxer Nicole was her only child from her
second marriage to Christopher smallman Bieber and manique were close with their stepfather and everyone got
along extremely well at 11:23 a.m. Mina sent her daughters a text message in response to
some pictures they'd sent of the picnic love the photo good turnout she added that she hoped they'd
had a lovely time and asked them to tell her all about it later on to her surprise and concern Mina didn't hear
anything back from either of her daughters meanwhile Nicole's circle of friends were also growing
concerned her boyfriend Adam had asked her to let him know when she arrived home safely but she never did Adam got
in touch with Nicole's housemate Emma who said Nicole hadn't come home the lack of contact was strange
Nicole loved animals and had a pet bearded dragon lizard whom she adored if she ever planned to be away from a
longer period of time she would provide instructions for his care such as when to feed him or change his heat
lamp but she hadn't done so this time Emma contacted some mutual friends to see if they had heard from Nicole
none of them had after Adam repeatedly called Nicole without success he tried to trace her
phone with a Tracker app to no avail hoping that Nicole had decided to stay at Bieber's house Adam traveled
there to check no one was home by the time Saturday evening rolled around Adam and Nicole's friends were
becoming increasingly upset when the women's mother Mina conferred with Adam and realized nobody
had heard from Bieber or Nicole she knew something was wrong at 10:42 that night Mina called
the police to report her her daughter's missing she told them what the situation
was how long it had been since anyone had heard from Bieber and Nicole and provided a detailed description of where
they were last seen But Mina got the impression that the police didn't share her concern they
listened to her but didn't seem to share her sense of urgency and didn't indicate
they would do anything to look for the women that night Mina and her husband Christopher couldn't sleep
they continued trying to call and text Bieber and Nicole throughout the night typing out one message after
another where are you getting quite worried here please let us know you are okay when Sunday morning rolled around
the women's loved ones knew they would have to do something it had been more than 24 hours since Bieber and Nicole
had been seen hoping that getting the word out on social media media might help Nicole's friends posted about
Nicole's disappearance on Facebook they shared a photo of Nicole Beneath The Heading
missing they also started phoning hospitals in the area to see if they had any patients matching the women's
description as the police still hadn't sent out search parties Christopher smallman made the decision to drive to
London to conduct his own search Nicole's boyfriend Adam had the same idea like Mina he had called the police the
previous night to report his girlfriend missing but hadn't gotten anywhere the police had told them they
would pay a visit to Bieber's flat so Adam and his mother had gone there to wait for them but the police never
showed up and couldn't say when they would arrive accompanied by his parents Adam
decided to go to Frant Country Park the place where the women were last known to
have been once at the park Adam met up with a friend of the sisters named Nina resat
who' attended the picnic on Friday night nah had also been concerned after being
unable to reach the women and had cycled to the park by herself hoping to find something she'd spent about 30 minutes
riding her bike around the enormous Park looking for her friends Nina took Adam and his parents
to the top of the hill where Bieber's celebrations had been held the spot was a 5-minute walk from
the Valley Drive entrance to the park it was surrounded by sprawling fields which
were dotted with ponds and framed by denser areas of Woodland no sign of the picnic held two
nights earlier remained all of the blankets cushions and fairy lights that had been strewn around the top of the
hill were now gone the lack of items belonging to the sisters left the impression that they'd
most likely packed up their things and left the park rather than something happening to them while they were still
there regardless the group still decided to search their surroundings they split up and began
scouring the area while Adam and his parents went in other directions Nina combed through the large field at the
base of the Hill looking for anything out of place then something caught her eye a mingled pair of expensive designer
prescription sunglasses lay on the ground glinting in the sun nearby was a long patch of flattened
grass Nina's heart sank she immediately recognized the glasses as belonging to bber the state of them didn't suggest
that Bieber had left the park safely and of her own accord uncertain what she should do now
nah picked up her phone and called the police to report what she'd found they told her to hand the glasses
into them so nah picked them up and hopped back on her bicycle to go to the nearest police station she continued to
communicate with Adam via text he'd found nothing and when he messaged nah saying that he didn't know what to do
she replied if you can bear it just keep looking Adam and his parents continued to search they called out the women's
names hoping desperately for a reply while searching through scrub and vegetation Adam spotted a second pair of
sunglasses but didn't touch them then Adam's father called out to him Adam rushed over to the location his
father was searching nearby was a long trail of flattened grass and lying on the ground was a
black handled knife with a 12 CM blade it was engraved with the brand name Taylor's eyewitness and looked
[Music] clean despite the clean Blade the sight left Adam panicked pulling out his phone
he dialed 999 the Emergency Services number and began explaining the situation to a dispatch while running
along the stretch of flattened grass at the same time the trail LED towards a strip of
wooded area with a row of trees poking out from beneath some undergrowth was a pair of
shoes Adam ran around to a gap in the bushes diving into the undergrowth he was met with a horrifying
sight about 1ot away from him lay the bodies of two women into wind together it was Bieber and
Nicole both lay on their sides and they were positioned top to toe it looked as though they were locked
in an Embrace with their limbs wrapped around one another Bieber's clothing had been pulled up over her head she had
been stabbed eight times and her back was covered in abrasions from being dragged through the rough
undergrowth Nicole's clothing had been yanked up above her abdomen and she too had abrasions and stab
wounds But Nicole's injuries were far more extensive than her sisters she had been stabbed 28
times her eyes were open and as Adam looked at his girlfriend's face he knew that she was
dead he fell to the ground and let out several gutteral screams which was heard by the 999 dispatcher on the other end
of his phone his parents also heard Adam's cries of distress and raced over towards him but
he leapt up to stop them from having to see what he'd seen he handed his phone to his father
and ordered his parents not to go into the bushes then collapsed once again after hearing Adam screams a man
in another area of the park flagged down a police officer and directed her towards the noise
she found Adam and his parents in a State of Shock the officer and a colleague entered the scene where the sister's
bodies lay and confirmed that both were deceased officers from London's Metropolitan Police descended on the
park with the ground stretching for 250 Acres they were facing an enormous crime
scene to preserve the area where Bieber and Nicole's bodies lay and to prevent it being contaminated before forensic
experts had a chance to examine it officers set up a series of cordons the innermost Cordon framed the
Hedge R where the women's bodies were Mina smallman was at home waiting anxiously for news when her phone rang
with a call from Adam she answered and Adam told her Mina Mina I need you to sit down we found
them but they're gone Mina began to scream uncontrollably after her cries eventually subsided she remembered that
her husband was driving to Frant Country Park she phoned Christopher and broke the news to him that their girls had
died although they knew there was no longer any way to help a Bieber and Nicole some of their loved ones felt a
desire to go to the park and be there for them in the only way they could a small group gathered at the bottom of
the hill before the Cordon started and watched as fanic units arrived and officers went to and from the
scene as detailed in the BBC documentary two daughters one of Baba's relatives was extremely distraught and begged the
officers to let him see bber we can't do that one of the officers replied but we will look after
them we will take care of them we will respect them we will promise [Music] that several officers were installed at
the innermost Cordon to guard the sister's bodies until they could be removed for autopsy the following
morning forensic tents were set up so that members of the public wouldn't see the bodies being taken from the
park further examinations confirmed that whoever had killed the two women had dragged them by the feet into the bushes
and deliberately positioned them in the way they were found perhaps as a way to further degrade
them 46-year-old Bieber Henry had sustained six stub wounds to her chest one to her groin and one to her back the
knife used in the attack had penetrated her lungs and heart with one chest wound
measuring 15 cm deep this particular injury would have rendered Bieber unconscious within
seconds she had no defensive wounds indicating that her killer had caught her by
surprise her 27-year-old sister Nicole smallman would have been witness to her sister's attack unlike Bieber Nicole had
numerous defensive injuries and her attack had been far more brutal likely because she had tried to fight back she
had been stabbed 28 times and had injuries to her chest back thigh hip shoulder arms and
hands investigators appealed for anybody who had been at Frant Country Park on the evening of Friday June 5 or early
morning on Saturday June 6 to come forward they described the location where Bieber and Nicole had been and
said that if anyone had seen or heard anything suspicious then it was especially important that they share
what they knew quote you may have stumbled upon items of property but not really realized the significance of them
if you did you may well have information that could assist us hugely no matter how insignificant it may
[Music] seem several witnesses did come forward at 1:45 a.m. on the morning of Saturday
June 6 a local woman named Elaine Williams had been at home watching television when she suddenly heard a
disturbance from the direction of the park it sounded like a man shouting this was followed by two female
voices shouting back then Elaine could only hear one woman's voice followed by a blood
curdling scream to Elaine it sounded like a massive argument between two groups who
didn't know each other later that morning a man named Martin Ridgeway headed to the park armed
with several bin bags Martin was a member of Barnhill conservation group and would spend time
picking up rubbish as part of that work as he made his way through the park looking for litter Martin came across a
large pile of abandoned belongings there were several cushions two backpacks a large Blue hold all bag
a white paper bag and some food packaging some of the items were covered in red marks which Martin assumed were
ketchup stains as there were several empty sauce pots amongst the detroiters he threw the belongings away in some
Park bins police were later able to track these items down the following morning of Sunday
June 7 shortly before Adam Stone and his parents commenced their search of the park a woman named Linda Guerrero was
walking her pet beagle Bambi through the grounds as she passed some bushes near the top of a hill Linda noticed two
bodies entwined on the ground from the angle where she was standing Linda could see the bare back
of one of the individuals she assumed they were a couple asleep in an Embrace sometimes unhoused people would
sleep rough in Fry and Country Park so Linda wasn't particularly alarmed by the site she called out are you okay are you
all right mate when there was no reply Linda continued on her way she later phoned Street link an
organization that helps rough sleepers in London to report the incident it wasn't until she learned of
Bieber Henry and Nicole soran's murders that she realized the significance of what she had
[Music] seen Frant Country Park remained closed off to the public while police scoured
its grounds for further Evidence a heavy downpour of rain across London on Saturday June 6th the day
before the sisters were found led to fears that evidence had been washed away this rain was also the reason that the
knife recovered at the crime scene appeared to be clean but when investigators picked it
up they saw the underside was stained with blood testing revealed that the blood
belonged to two different people Nicole smallman and an unidentified male thanks to lon's comprehensive
network of CCTV cameras investigators had been able to trace the sister's actions in the leadup to the
picnic they had been captured on camera shopping for picnic supplies at a co-op supermarket and one of the items they
purchased was a bottle of tonic water the bottle was subsequently found in a bush near the women's bodies it had
blood on it other bottles of Rosé and prco recovered at the scene all also had traces of blood on
them a pair of blue latex gloves was also found one of the gloves was heavily stained with blood and damaged along the
center as though slashed with a knife if the killer had been wearing the gloves it appeared that they had suffered an
injury during the attack most likely when Nicole sman had fought back investigators were able to obtain a
DNA profile from the blood on the bottle the glove and the discarded items that a
member of the public had thrown away it was from the same unidentified male as the blood on the
knife this individual's blood was also found on some vegetation near the women's bodies from one of Nicole's feet
and on Bieber's trainers hand and leggings this Blood had likely been left when the killer dragged the women by
their feet into the bushes there was no record of this person person in the National DNA
database divers searched a pond in the park for possible evidence they recovered two smartphones which had
belonged to Bieber and Nicole their killer had seemingly taken them from the scene and subsequently
disposed of them a forensic examination would reveal that the last contact they had with friends or family was when
Nicole texted her boyfriend Adam just after 1:00 a.m. on the Satur morning between 1:26 a.m. and 3:48 a.m.
someone had repeatedly tried to gain access to Bieber Henry's phone its screen had been turned off and then on
again at least 130 times thanks to a step counter on the phone police could see that whoever had
been holding it had walked about 1.3 Mi during that time before switching the phone off and throwing it into the pond
also found on the device were a number of photos that the sisters had taken throughout the night there were shots of
them celebrating with their friends and then pictures of just the two of them after everyone else had gone home Bieber
and Nicole had set up a timer on the phone's camera draped themselves with fairy lights and snapped more than a 100
pictures as they laughed and danced in the dark the final photograph was taken at
1:13 a.m. in this image the women appeared distracted instead of posing like they
had in the other shots both were looking to their left as though something in that direction had drawn their
attention detectives suspected that this was the moment their attacker had made himself
known no one who knew Bieber and Nicole could think of anyone who would want to harm them bber was a highly respected
and popular senior social worker at buckinghamshire Council who went above and beyond for the children she worked
with bber had her own daughter whom she adored and was about to become a grandmother for the first time she made
friends easily and was well-liked for her positive demeanor Nicole worked as a freelance
photographer and shared her sister's upbeat out look on life her parents often joked that she should have been
born born in the 1960s as she was a flower child at heart who cared deeply about social justice animals and the
natural world for the past 6 years she had been in a relationship with her boyfriend Adam
Stone the couple had lived together with Adam's parents for a while but Nicole had recently moved into a flat with a
housemate nevertheless the pair remained as close as ever prior to Nicole leaving for
Bieber's party Adam had made sure to give her money so she could catch a cab home Bieber and Nicole also had good
relationships with their family members who were highly respected members of the
community their mother Mina was a retired Arch Deacon in the Anglican Church Mina's father was Nigerian and
she had been the first black woman to hold that title there was nothing in either of the
women's lives that pointed to them being targeted by someone they knew this appeared to be confirmed by
the Killer's DNA recovered at the scene the fact that it belonged to an unknown male suggested to police that the
sisters had been victims of a random attack detectives went public with this information telling journalists that the
women were murdered by a stranger and they needed the Public's help to find him the suspect they were looking for
had likely suffered an injury during the attack which resulted in significant bleeding if anyone had seen somebody
injured or acting suspiciously around the Frant Country Park area they were urged to report what they
knew a few leads trickled in local residents said there had recently been a man hanging about the park following
women he was aged in his 50s while pursuing these tip offs police arrested several different men
but all of them were later released without charges some people including the sister's mother Mina felt that the
brutal double murder wasn't receiving enough press attention to generate worthwhile
leads although London's media had reported on the crime it wasn't receiving front page coverage or a
national Spotlight users of the online Forum websleuths complained that they hadn't
even heard about the murders until stumbling across a thread on the website the subdued nature of the
coverage seemed at odds with the terrifying nature of the random attack then 2 weeks after the murders
news broke that finally seemed to capture the press's [Music] attention in June of 2020 32-year-old
police Constable Jamie Lewis had worked as an officer with the Metropolitan Police Service for just over 9 months
prior to joining the Met as it was known Lewis had spent several years with the British transport police at 3:30 a.m. on
the morning of Monday June 8 2020 Lewis arrived at Frant Country Park with a number of his
colleagues the bodies of Bieber Henry and Nicole smallman had been found in the park roughly 15 hours earlier and
officers were needed to guard the scene overnight until the bodies could be safely
removed Jamie Lewis and several colleagues were assigned to The Cordon closest to the sister's bodies which
weren't visible from where they were standing the officers were told the general location within the thicket
where the women lay but weren't shown the bodies none were wearing full barrier fantic
clothing they were not to search the Woodland area their job was simply to keep watch and to make sure no one
entered the scene in order to preserve its Integrity each of the four officers was
given a separate post to guard and told they must remain in place until colleagues arrived to relieve
them under no circumstances were they to enter the bushes where the women's bodies
lay at 3:50 a.m. about 20 minutes after arriving at the park Jim Lewis took out his phone and opened the messaging
application WhatsApp he then typed a message to a group chat labeled the 18 me Izzy Dennis and Mt are living the
wimbley dream he attached a photo of a forensic tent set up at the park then hit
sand the group chat consisted of 41 different metropolitan police officers one soon sent a reply enjoying the
sunrise Lewis responded unfortunately I'm sat next to two Dead Birds full of stab
wounds another officer replied with a joke about Lewis's use of the slang turn Birds referring to women he asked who's
been out stabbing pigeons Lewis responded by sending a photograph he'd taken of Bieber and
Nicole's bodies despite being instructed not to breach the Cordon one of Lewis's colleagues from
the Northeast London Police Station 4 5-year-old police Constable Dennis Jaffer was also using WhatsApp to
message nine of his friends in another group chat he sent the group a Daily Mail article about the double homicide
and informed them that he was at the scene now he would try to take some photos of the bodies to share with
them over the next several hours Lewis and a Jaffa repeatedly left their posts to walk back and forth to chat with each
other both breached The Cordon to take multi mple up close photographs of Bieber and
Nicole Jeffer took four photographs while Lewis took two Lewis edited one photo in the social
media app Snapchat to superimpose his face next to the bodies as though he' taken a selfie with
them both men shared some of their photos with friends who didn't work with the police and told them that the two
victims were a 14-year-old and a pregnant 20-year-old it is clear where they obtained this incorrect
information Lewis referred to Bieber and Nicole as two stabbed up a dead women when Jeffer was asked by a friend if the
crime scene was bad he replied not really I've seen worse Lewis also showed the photos on
his phone to several different people in person two of these were police officers
one was a female probationary officer she was dis usted by the photographs and told Lewis his actions
were inappropriate at least one member of The A Team WhatsApp group who had been sent
similar photos agreed and reported the matter to their hups at the Metropolitan Police on Friday June 19 the independent
office for police conduct also known as the iopc was alerted 3 Days Later Lewis and Jaffer
had their phone seized and were arrested for misconduct in public office during an examination of jaffer's
phone it was found he'd also used the racist term to refer to South Asian men when Lewis received a text using that
same term he made no objection the Met issued a press release about the arrests and the story quickly
made headlines across the UK Bieber and Nicole's family had the news broken to them in person by a
member of the io PC for Mina smallman and the sister's other loved ones this was the final
straw they had felt from the start that Bieber and Nicole's case hadn't been taken
seriously first there had been the delayed police response when they were reported missing Mina put this down to
racism and classism both her daughters were of Nigerian Heritage and bber lived in a
public housing flat in Wembley a predominantly black neighborhood as she told the BBC quote I knew
instantly why they didn't care they didn't care because they looked at my daughter's address and thought they knew
who she was a black woman who lives on a council estate cases involving missing white
women from middle class backgrounds seemed to be taken more seriously by the media as well Mina smallman would later
note that the story about the officer's misconduct gener ated far more meteor attention than the women's disappearance
and murder had but that didn't mean Mina thought the misconduct was Unworthy of attention the news that her daughter's
dignity had been further degraded by two people charged with protecting them was
utterly devastating For The Grieving mother as she said in an interview with the guardian Mina hadn't even imagined
what her daughter's bodies looked like until she learned officers took photos of them she was already barely Holding
On by a thread and now she suddenly began having images flash through her mind of what the crime scene might have
looked like her pain somehow deepened Mina told the BBC quote this has taken our grief to
another place if we ever needed an example of how toxic it has become those police officers felt so safe so
untouchable that they felt they could take photographs of dead black girls and send them on it speaks volumes of the
ethos that runs through the Metropolitan Police Bieber and Nicole's friends and family were horrified to think that
while they had been standing vigil at the park desperate for one final glimpse of their loved ones members of the
police were taking dehumanizing photographs of them and making crash jokes in the BBC documentary two
daughters one of B's cousins stated those two police officers did something worse than them being murdered we can't
change that but the dignity that they deserved in their death they took that from them and I will never forgive them
for that in the wake of the misconduct allegations the family and the Public's trust in the Metropolitan Police Service
took a severe hit despite this detectives Contin Ed working to solve the case the suspect's DNA hadn't matched
anyone in the National DNA database so detectives asked the National Crime agency to run it against their records
for a familial match this time there was a hit on Tuesday June 30 detectives discovered their suspect was related to
a man named Kamal Hussein who had previously received a caution the DNA indicated the suspect
was a close family member of kamal's most likely his child Kamal was from an Iraqi Kurdish
background and had four children with his ex-wife who resided on the south side of London in
Elum all of the children were School aged with the eldest being just 18 years old Kamal had often worried about his
first born who was a boy named Daniel Kamal would tell a neighbor that Daniel had got gotten mixed up with the
wrong crowd and he was concerned about the direction he was heading in Daniel had been in his early teens
when his parents split up it had been an unhappy household prior to the divorce characterized by yelling and
arguments both the police and paramedics had attended the property on more than one
occasion after his marriage ended Kamal relocated to North London settling into a residence in Kingsbury just a short
walk from Frant Country Park but his son Daniel's issues continued in October 2017 when Daniel
was 15 his teachers discovered that he had been accessing farri propaganda and looking for images of corpses on school
computers he was subsequently referred to prevent the UK government's counter extremism
program prevent was designed to stop vulnerable individuals being groomed by and drawn into terrorist organizations
such as the extremist islamist group Isis adolescents such as Daniel who were isolated and from immigrant backgrounds
were seen as especially susceptible to being radicalized Daniel Hussein was assigned
a mentor and was discharged from prant just over 6 months later in May 2018 supervisors Det determined they had
quote no outstanding concerns at that time with respect to Violent extremism or terrorism they continued to provide
support and conducted two further reviews of Daniel over the next year no additional need for concern was
identified and no further interventions were deemed necessary armed with the DNA evidence of
a familial Tire between Kamal Hussein and their suspect detectives raced to gain access to CCTV
footage from various cameras surrounding kamal's home it turned out that although Daniel
still lived with his mother in Elum he had been staying with his father at the time when bber Henry and Nicole smallman
were murdered within an hour and a half investigators had recovered some incredibly alarming
footage on the afternoon of Wednesday June 3 2 days before B his birthday picnic Daniel Hussein left his father's
address and headed to an Asda supermarket in candale North London security cameras captured the
slight dark-haired young man wearing a blue jacket and light jeans as he browsed the aisles of the store he
selected a Taylor's eye witness knife block which contained a set of five black-handled kitchen knives along with
some chewing gum cans of drink lemons and two candles due to the covid-19 pandemic hin was
wearing a face mask as he shopped when he took the items to the checkout to pay for them a Clark asked
to see some proof of age due to his purchase of the knives hin pulled out his passport and removed his face mask
so he could be identified hin returned to the Asda later that day to buy some extra strong
unibond power tape 2 days later on Friday June 5 husin left his father's home again and caught a bus to a
Morrison's Supermarket to collect some items he'd purchased the day prior on Amazon a balaclava and two folding
shovels hin also bought some alcohol at 8:40 p.m. CCTV cameras on lakes spur close captured hin entering
the northeast corner of Frant Country Park this wasn't far from the Valley Drive Entrance where Bieber Henry and
Nicole smallman had arrived 1 hour earlier as he strolled into the park hin was carrying a ruck sack and clearly
wearing blue latex gloves and a mask the next time he would appear on camera was almost 7 hours later at 3:08
a.m. when he was captured leaving the pitch black Park and heading in the direction of his father's
house hin had removed moved the pants he'd been wearing earlier and tied his jacket around his waist leaving his
lower legs exposed his right hand was tucked tightly into his jacket's waistband CCTV cameras tracked herin
back to his father's home which he reached at 4:07 a.m. after he knocked on the front door
his father opened it and Daniel Hussein disappeared inside at 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday July 1
officers armed with tasers descended on the home of Hussein's mother the double story brown brick
townhouse was one of several identical attached residences that sat side by side in a row on a quiet
culdesac it was mere hours after detectives had discovered the familial DNA link and the incriminating CCTV
footage they knocked on the door and after a few moments a light flicked on inside a skinny young man pulled back a
sheer curtain to look at the waiting officers then opened the door the police immediately ordered him
to raise his hands and informed him that he was under arrest Daniel Hussein lifted his hands
placed them on his head and silently stepped over the threshold officers handcuffed him and
transferred him to wassworth police station multiple injuries were visible on husain's right hand his middle finger
had a deep cut near the tip which had been stitched up and he also had several stitches a centimeter or so below his
first finger when asked about the cuts hin replied I was getting robbed records would show he had visited
a hospital the day after the murders and presented with the cuts to his right hand he initially told star he'd been
mugged the previous night but he later told the plastic surgeon who treated his injuries that the mugging had been 2 or
3 days earlier he didn't want to report the crime to the police hin then told detectives that he
had autism spectrum disorder and problems with his memory after that he refused to speak
further he answered every question the detectives asked him with the same refrain no comment
while husin was being interviewed officers searched his mother's home in husain's bedroom they found a
blue latex glove that matched the ones found in Frant Park in his wardrobe they found the balaclava and one of the
folding shovels that hassin had bought one day before the murders the other folding shovel was
never found nor were the jacket or the trousers Hussein had been wearing on the night in
question a book of spells was found in H's room along with some handdrawn pictures of what looked like Ault
symbols officers also found a piece of paper taken from a loose leaf folder that was covered in
handwriting it was headlined agreement below that was what appeared to be a kind of
contract it read for the mighty king lucifuge Ro AAL perform a minimum of six sacrifices
every 6 months for as long as I am free and physically capable sacrifice only women build a temple for you do
everything that I have promised for me win the Mega Millions Super Jackpot to receive fruitful
rewards in return for the future sacrifices I make to you the rewards could consist of wealth and
power to never be suspected of any Crimes by the police and also that the police will never know of any crimes
that I have done and that I will do at the bottom of the page were the words signed by followed by spaces for
two signatures one was for King lucifuge Rafal and was left blank the other was assigned to Daniel
who had signed his name in [Music] blood DNA tests would confirm that the blood on the contract belonged to Daniel
Hussein his fingerprints were also all over the document research would uncover that
lucifuge Rafal was a demon named in the 18th or 19th century book the grand grimoire this occult text contains
instructions for summoning demons and contains a quote hierarchy of Hell a list of different evil supernatural
beings and their roles according to the grand grimoire lucifuge rfal is supposedly in charge of
Hell's government and treasury investigators realized they had just uncovered a motive hin had
seemingly believed that if he murdered Vic as sacrificial offerings to a demon he believed in then he would win the
lottery gain power and escape police attention Hussein's misogynistic views led to him deciding to only target
women another document found in Hussein's possessions was a handwritten letter to another demon named Queen
bth in this note husin requested that the demon make a particular girl at his School fall in love with him and believe
that he was the only person for her he also wanted to be more attractive to women
romantically in exchange for these things Hussein would burn incense every two weeks make offerings of sweet drinks
and chocolate burn red candles and shed more blood based on these documents it was
clear that Daniel Hussein had intended to kill more women yet in the four weeks since Bieber and Nicole's murders there
had been no further slangs detectives believed this was due to the hand injuries husin sustained
during the crime he was unable to even make a fist with his right hand which prevented him from attacking more
victims it was also exactly what had brought him to their attention Daniel Hussein refused to
provide police with a blood sample but agreed to let them take a swab of his cheek after this swab was tested for DNA
it was confirmed that the blood of the unknown male at the scene was a billion times more likely to have come from hin
than from anyone else he appeared stunned upon learning they were able to receive these results
when he had refused to give them his blood on Thursday June 4 the day before Bieber's party hin had set up an online
betting account with logo.com which ran bets on the Megamillion Super Jackpot his bank records indicated he
had placed five Megamillions bets and one Megamillion Syndicate bet on Sunday June
7 this was the lottery named in husain's blood signed contract and its price total was 321
million next to the contract officers found three lottery tickets purchased on Tuesday June
9 husin had also purchased some online scratch card games in total he had spent £1
16288 trying to win the lottery in the days after the murders none of his attempts were
[Music] successful an examination of Hussein's electronic footprint showed that he was
fixated by the occult just a few hours prior to his arrest husin had gone online and logged into a
forum that was owned by an American man named EA keding keding was a misogynist a
Neo-Nazi and a kind of ult influencer unlike more mainstream Pagan religions such as wicker which emphasize
nature-based spirituality Co wedings occultism encouraged violence and harmful practices
The Forum he ran was part of a larger website where ceding sold merchandise shared spells and ult instruction and
offered one-on-one classes to followers in his writings coing encouraged people to commit ritualistic
murders instructed them on selecting victims and described how to kill someone with a
knife keding was affiliated with a self-described satanic Neo-Nazi group in the US called the order of nine angles
or o Anda While most people who identify as satanists are atheists who don't believe
in deities at all o Anda members do believe in the devil and other demonic entities between 2019 and
2021 seven young men sentenced for Neo-Nazi charges had been radicalized by the Ona's
content Daniel Hussein had joined Co for him 2 years earlier in March 2018 at the time he was being assessed
and supervised by the counterterrorism program prevent they were monitoring him for
signs of Islamic extremism but nothing was found after prent stopped checking up on
husin his obsession with demons only grew as did his misogyny in one post to coings Forum hin
descried described himself as a psychic vampire and said he felt a natural connection with some supernatural beings
and demons husin bragged that he was skilled in some areas of magic but needed to
practice more to keep up his abilities he said he particularly loved Satanism and Norse Magic and was a big
fan of EA ceding he had even learned his first spell which was a love spell from
ceding hin asked other posters for advice on creating demonic packs it appeared that Hussein's
contract with lucifuge racal had been directly inspired by ced's work ceding told his followers that this particular
demon was the one to enter into packs with but added they would also have to take real world action to ensure their
wishes would be fulfilled he provided detailed instructions for writing up such packs
including that the contract writer should request wealth and sign the document in their own
blood the packs should also be brought before the demon by candle light when hin bought the knife he used to kill
Bieber and Nicole he also purchased some candles kaeding's real name was Matthew
Lawrence and he was based in Utah he had a number of Prior convictions for drugs
and weapon possession charges at the time of H's arrest Co weding had a large social media following with
128,000 followers on Facebook and 87,000 YouTube subscribers after the link between Co
wedding and hin was made a public backlash would lead to these platforms removing ceding and his
content however as of the date of this episode's release e-commerce site Amazon still sells numerous books co-authored
by Co weding detectives were unable to uncover the extent of Daniel Hussein's radicalization as he refused to provide
the passwords to his laptop and iPad he had also thrown his phone away so it wouldn't fall into police
hands this prevented the police from accessing 80% of Hussein's data the UK's Crown prosecution service
or CPS took the matter to the US Court in an attempt to force Apple to hand over the
data however the American judge ruled against their application finding that the CPS hadn't offered evidence that
there was anything on Hussein's devices that would directly link him to the murders when Mina smallman found out her
daughter's di due to their killer believing in demons she actually felt a sense of
strength as a retired Anglican archdeacon she found solace in her faith telling the
BBC this is my territory I understand this I'm the light he's the darkness Daniel Hussein was charged with
two counts of murder and one count of possession of a knife with intent he entered a plea of not
guilty her was adamant that the person shown in the CCTV footage was not him and said his bank card used to purchase
the knives had been stolen he'd reported the matter to his bank almost 2 weeks after the
murders hassin also claimed that the Demonic pact found in his room didn't belong to him though he offered no
explanation for how his fingerprints and DNA came to be on it his trial began one year after the
murders on Wednesday June 9 2021 Bieber Henry and Nicole San's loved ones testified about how they'd found
the women's bodies during a search of the park while detectives and forensic experts detailed all of the evidence
tying Hussein to the double murder prosecutors theorized that husin had selected the two sisters to be his
first victims after having his attention drawn by the fairy lights they were carrying he had Lain in wait under cover
of Darkness at the park watching the two sisters as they danced together and laughed on the hilltop then he launched
his attack husin didn't testify in his own defense his legal team pointed to the
fact that two metropolitan police officers were found to have breached the crime scene to take photos of the
sister's bodies they argued that this may have compromised evidence but provided no explanation as to how
Hussein's blood could have otherwise been found at the scene Hussein's behavior in court Disturbed
those present he kept trying to make eye contact with Bieber and Nicole's mother
Mina smallman made ill-shaped loser signs at a paramedic witness who was testifying and turned his back on the
judge after a month-long trial the jury found Daniel Hussein guilty on all counts hin continued his disrespectful
behavior during his sentencing hearing appearing via video link due to an outbreak of covid-19 on his prison Wing
Hussein smiled and tossed his face mask into the air while waiting for court proceedings to
commence he also squatted on his chair throughout the hearing instead of sitting
upright when it came time for the judge to pass her sentence hin turned away from the camera undeterred the judge
spoke about the horror H's actions had inflicted on his victim's loved ones stating I am sure that you performed
these murders as part of that bargain which you thought would bring you wealth and
power well the wealth and power did not arrive and nor did it happen that the police never found out about your crimes
your DNA was all over the crime scene there was a vast amount of CCTV to track you and other evidence to prove it was
you you were tracked down and your plan failed bizarre though your pact with the
devil may appear to others this was your belief system your own commitment to the
murder of innocent women despite Daniel Husain citing his autism spectrum disorder as a mitigating
Factor the judge found that this had no bearing on his decision to commit his crimes she sentenced hin to life in
prison with a minimum of 30 5 years because he was under the age of 21 he could not be given a whole life
tariff Bieber and Nicole's mother Mina smallman spoke outside Court after hin sentencing and expressed her relief at
his capture quote if he hadn't been caught four other families may have been suffering what we
have although Al though Mina was grateful hassain had been stopped it didn't ease her Devastation at losing
her daughters she stated no one expects their children to die before them but to have two of your
three children murdered overnight is just incomprehensible attending court has been
heartbreaking the fear that both girls must have gone through in their final moments trying to save each other and
fighting for their lives that boy Daniel Hussein has not only shown that he has no respect for the
court but that he has no remorse for what he has done or the pain he has caused for those who loved Bieber and
Nicole Hussein's senseless motive added to their grief as a longtime family friend told the
BBC there was a moment of sheer disbelief to find out it was to do with the just trying to win the lottery it
was beyond tragic it's insulting if it wasn't bad enough already such a benale reason it was
insulting and offensive their grief was further compounded by the feeling that they had
been let down by the authorities as well although Mina smallman had nothing but praise for the detectives who solved her
daughter's case she was devastated by the initial delay by police in taking their disappearances seriously and the
actions of the Met officers who took and shared photos of their bodies the fact that so many officers
also received these images in group chats and failed to raise the alarm was just as
distressing at around 900 p.m. on Wednesday March 3 2021 1 a 33-year-old woman named Sarah everard left a
friend's house near Clapham common in South London and began walking to her home in Brixton Hill when she failed to
meet her boyfriend as planned the following day he reported her missing and a search was quickly
launched CCTV footage would reveal that Sarah had walked for about half an hour before being stopped by an off-duty met
police officer named Wayne cousins who was driving a rented car he flashed his police badge at Sarah
and falsely arrested her for breaching covid-19 guidelines by being out without permission an investigation would reveal
cousins had strangled Sarah then disposed of her remains in a pond on a property he
owned he had been plotting to kidnap and kill a woman for some time and Sarah had
been his randomly selected victim Sarah ever 's murder led to a widespread backlash across
London for many people her death was an example of another pandemic gripping the
United Kingdom male violence against women vigils were held in memory of Sarah and to protest the fact that she
had been killed while just going about her life as she had every right to do but the Met police broke up these
vigils and made a number of violent arrests in the process they said this was because attendees
were in breach of covid restrictions to many londoners the Met police's actions were
unacceptable one of their own had been responsible for murdering a young woman and it appeared that those protesting
his crime were experiencing harsher penalties than the perpetrator had in the past for prior
offenses news broke that Wayne cousins had a history of committing sexual assault he had been accused of indecent
exposure on three separate occasions each time police had either failed to investigate or take action against him
one woman said when she had tried to report cousins the police had laughed at her in 2018 cousins sexually assaulted a
drag queen at a pub five officers came under scrutiny for having shared grossly offensive
material with cousins prior to Sarah ard's murder Murder One officer involved in the initial search for Sarah shared
an offensive meme about her case on social media several Med officers opted to give cousins positive character
references during his sentencing for the murder and female officers came forward
to say they felt unable to report inappropriate conduct by male colleagues public trust in the
metropolitan police was at an all-time low for mina smallman at all felt sickeningly
familiar she felt a tremendous amount of grief for Sarah ard's family in an interview with the BBC Mina
stated I know what that family the parents will be going through and it is a hell you can't begin to understand what
it is to lose a child under those circumstances and then to have a further betrayal by the very organization who is
paid and we have an agreement with that they will protect us they will honor us and behave in a way that gives our
deceased dignity at the same time Mina couldn't help but noticed the Stark difference
between the amount of attention and public outrage Sarah's case had received in comparison to her
daughters where investigators took Sarah's disappearance seriously from the start Bieber and Nicole's loved ones had
to organize their own search parties this led to the extremely traumatic result of Nicole's boyfriend Adam being
the one to discover their bodies there was wall-to-wall coverage of Sarah ard's case in stark contrast to
the amount of attention Bieber and Nicole received women's magazine gratia reflected on the discrepancy between the
two cases in an article headlined where is the outrage for Nicole smallman and Bieber
Henry Mina told the B BC I think the notion of all people matter is absolutely right but it's not
true other people have more Kudos in this world than people of color that's what gives me purpose if
their lives make a change in the way women are viewed and black women in particular because in the pecking order
of things we are the lowest on the ladder the Metropolitan Police issued a statement in response to the public
anger against them it read in part the murder of Sarah everard is the most horrific of crimes but we recognize
this as part of a much bigger and troubling picture there have been other murders of women in public spaces
including the killings of Nicole smallman and Bieber Henry all of these bring into sharp
focus our urgent duty to do more to protect women and girls they reported that there would be
a review of met police culture and standards with an urgent review of all current investigations into allegations
of sexual misconduct and domestic abuse against Med officers they also published a new
action plan for tackling violence against girls and women Jamie Lewis and Dennis Jaffer the
two officers who had photographed bber and Nicole's bodies both pleaded guilty to misconduct in public
office Lewis was instantly dismissed from the force while Jaffer had already resigned by the time he faced
Court in December 2021 both men were sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in jail they would later unsuccessfully
appeal this sentence the Metropolitan police's then assistant commissioner Helen B said that
the men's colleagues were appalled by their actions and that the public couldn't have confidence in their
organization if the force didn't take their behavior seriously quote I'm sorry that our
officers behaved in such a hurtful disrespectful and criminal way their actions are
shameful three other officers who had received the images without challenging or reporting them all received written
warnings but were permitted to keep their jobs the independent office for police
conduct or iopc held a separate inquiry into how the police handled initial reports that Bieber Henry and Nicole
smallman were missing they found that the Metropolitan Police had failed to follow their missing person's policies
and made other errors when a friend of one of the sisters called the police asking for
help the call handler was dismissive and referred to one of the missing women as
a suspect information from a family member as to where the sisters might be was inaccurately recorded and led to an
inspector cancelling the report the iopc found that the Met police's response to the case was below
the standard that it should have been however they didn't find that this was due to any racial bias against the
women the Met offered an official apology to the women's families with then commissioner Dame creser dick
stating while we know that very sadly Nicole and Bieber had been murdered in the early hours of Saturday June 6 2020
before they were reported missing if we had responded better we may have saved their friends and family immeasurable
pain I am very sorry that the level of service we provided fell short Mina smallman responded quote
sorry is something you say when you comprehend the wrong you do and take full responsibility for it demonstrating
that by taking appropriate proportionate action which to our minds is not going to
happen the investigation was not handled appropriately the apology should have been done face to face and not nearly 10
months later Mina rejects the finding that there was no racial bias behind the Met's
mishandling Bieber Henry and Nicole Small's loved ones suffered irreparable damage as a result of their
murders Mina Small's sister the women's aunt had cancer and suffered a rapid decline after losing her
nieces after she died Mina said you can't exclude that a broken heart doesn't help a person who is
terminally ill the woman's sister manique went from being one of three siblings to an only
child Bieber's only daughter gave birth to her first child a boy after her mother's
murder those who knew Bieber said that her death was a loss to the entire Community she had been a fierce advocate
for the vulnerable members of society who came into her care as a social worker she was also a vivacious and fun
person with a larger than life personality described as just fantastic to be around her father Herman Henry said he
was in agony without her describing Bieber as a beautiful outgoing strong-minded and intelligent
woman Mina smallman said that although Bieber was barely 5T tall she had the heart of a lion and a smile that would
put the Blackpool illuminations to shame a reference to an annual Lights Festival
in Blackpool England where Bieber was described as a beacon a friend of Nicole said she had a
gentler energy quote when she walked into a room she was like a nightlight it was subtle protective
warm easygoing and kind-hearted Nicole was a humanitarian who was passionate about the Arts and seen as a joy to be
around in his victim impact statement in court Nicole's partner Adam spoke of his
Devastation at losing her to put into words how I feel about losing Nicole is almost impossible
especially in this unimaginable and horrifically violent way Nicole is my first thought my second and every
thought thereafter and if I am lucky enough to fall asleep then I see her in my dreams this this is all I have left of
her Nicole was the only child of her school teacher father Chris and had been particularly close to him Mina smallman
told the guardian I remember watching him kissing her newborn head he was completely
smitten for a man who is not sentimental it was a beautiful thing to see in the BBC documentary two daughters
Mina concluded by saying she wanted people to remember how her daughters lived not how they died
quote bber the amazing social worker who battled to make sure children were safe
that families weren't broken up and Nikki she was just a ray of light everywhere and I know that will always
be the way and I think that's what we need to do we need to find the sunshine in the rain
[Music] [Music] pain for

Case 281: Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman

*** Content warnings: Racial violence, sexual assault *** In June of 2020, London social worker Bibaa Henry decided to celebrate her 46th birthday with a picnic at scenic Fryent Country Park. Celebrations continued late into the night until Bibaa and her younger sister Nicole Smallman were the only partygoers remaining.

When both failed to return home the following day, their family was quick to raise the alarm. Their search would lead to a teenager who believed he’d made a deal with the Devil…

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Brief Summary

Sisters Bber Henry and Nicole Smallman were murdered in 2020; Daniel Hussein was arrested for the crime, revealing disturbing motives.

Key points

The Lockdown Picnic. Bieber celebrates her birthday with a picnic during lockdown, inviting close friends.
A Mother's Concern. Mina texts her daughters after the picnic but receives no response, raising alarm.
The Discovery. Adam finds the bodies of Bieber and Nicole in the park, leading to a frantic call to police.
Police Misconduct Uncovered. Two officers faced backlash for sharing photos of murder victims, sparking outrage.
DNA Leads to Suspect. Detectives find familial DNA link to suspect, leading to a significant breakthrough.
Daniel Hussein's Demonic Pact. Daniel Hussein believed he could gain power through a pact with a demon.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I'm dancing in a field!

Nicole's text to her boyfriend Adam at 1:04 a.m.

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