'The hammer didn’t do it - I had to strangle her': Chilling boast of failed asylum seeker who strangled British girlfriend, 17, after learning he was to be deported

A failed asylum seeker who strangled his British girlfriend to death after learning he was to be deported was jailed for at least ten-and-a-half years today.

Ako Amin, 19, flew into a rage and battered 17-year-old Cheryl Tariah with a hammer after she showed up at his hostel bedroom unexpectedly.

He then grasped his hands around her neck, choking her to death in a ‘prolonged’ attack, the Old Bailey heard.

After covering his victim’s body with a duvet, Amin casually strolled to a nearby library, where he bragged to a friend: ‘The hammer didn’t do it - I had to strangle her.’

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