Moldovan killer who came to Britain after serving 10 years for murdering his girlfriend is jailed for 26 years for ‘evil and depraved’ rape and attempted murder of woman he left for dead in alleyway
- Serigu Boianjiu, 38, sentenced to 26 years at Northampton Crown Court today
- The Moldovan national was found guilty of rape and attempted murder in August
- Before coming to the UK previously served 10 years in jail for killing his girlfriend
- Footage shows him raping and stamping on the head of a stranger in February
- The Moldovan national was found guilty today at Northampton Crown Court
A convicted Moldovan killer who came to Britain after serving 10 years for murdering his girlfriend has been found guilty of the ‘evil and depraved’ rape and attempted murder of a stranger he left for dead in an alleyway.
Sergiu Boianjiu, 38, was found guilty of attempted murder and rape today at Northampton Crown Court.
The Moldovan national, who lived in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was caught on CCTV camera in February after he raped a young woman before repeatedly stamping his head on her.
Footage recovered by police also showed Boianjiu, who thought he had killed the victim, leaving the scene to fetch a wheelie bin in which he tried to hide her apparently lifeless body.
Moldovan national, Sergiu Boianjiu, 38, was found guilty of attempted murder and rape today at Northampton Crown Court. The criminal came to the UK after serving in 10 years behind bars for killing his girlfriend in 2002
The images also showed the badly-injured woman – who Boianjiu wanted to ‘eliminate’ as a potential witness – being discovered by a passer-by after several hours lying in the rain and cold.
The two-week trial was told that the woman was attacked near a church as she walked home from a night-out in Wellingborough at around 5am.
She was subjected to a 40-minute ordeal, suffering a life-threatening brain injury, and could remember nothing of being attacked in what prosecutors described as acts of ‘desolating wickedness’.
The criminal came to the UK after serving 10 years behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend in 2002.
It emerged during the trial that the heavily-built construction worker was convicted of theft from a school and ‘deliberate murder’ at Moldova’s Riscani district court on October 9 2009.
During his closing speech to the jury, prosecutor Gordon Aspden KC said: ‘The ugly truth here is that this exceptionally dangerous man, for his own selfish reasons, chose to carry out an attack of quite desolating wickedness against a complete stranger.
‘His intention was to rape and ultimately to kill her. His behaviour was evil and depraved.’
Mr Aspden said Boianjiu, whose victim spent several days in an intensive care unit, was arrested sitting in a friend’s car, hours after returning to his shared occupancy home.
Jurors deliberated for more than three hours before convicting the defendant of attempted murder and rape.
He was found not guilty of a second rape charge, despite already admitting the attempted rape.
Boianjiu appeared to show no emotion as he was found guilty while sitting in the dock.
Jurors deliberated for more than three hours before convicting the defendant of attempted murder and rape. Boianjiu appeared to show no emotion as he was found guilty while sitting in the dock
Sentencing Boianiju to a minimum of 26 years in jail, Judge David Herbert KC told him: ‘You repeatedly stamped on her head whilst she remained unconscious.
‘It it clear from the evidence that after delivering a further six blows you believed you had successfully killed her.’
The judge said the evidence showed Boianjiu was thinking clearly as he tried to cover up the offence at the scene, searching for evidence that might incriminate him.
Judge Herbert added: ‘Your offending is aggravated by a conviction for intentional murder in Moldova. My assessment of you from all the evidence before me is that you are an extremely dangerous man.’
Commenting on the inquiry, senior investigating officer, Detective Chief Inspector Liz Wilcox, said: ‘I welcome the lengthy sentence handed out to Sergiu Boianjiu today as it means that he is no longer able to harm anyone else.
‘This case has been very traumatic for the young woman involved and I hope today’s sentencing provides her with some closure. She has shown exceptional courage throughout our investigation and I hope that, with the help of her great support network, she will be able to continue to move forward.
‘Sergiu Boianjiu presents an extraordinary danger to women.’
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