SABINA Nessa’s remorseless killer showed “no sign” he’d committed murder as he chatted on the phone eight days later, his estranged wife says.
Ionela Gherghisan says she was terrified of violent and abusive Koci Selamaj – but would never have dreamed he could kill.
The former wife of Sabina Nessa’s murderer Koci Selamaj said he gave no sign he had killed the young teacherCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
Ionela Gherghisan says she was choked by abusive Selamaj before he drove to London looking for lone women to targetCredit: PA
The night before he was arrested – and more than a week after Sabina’s murder – Ms Gherghisan returned to the flat the former couple had shared in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
Selamaj was on the phone, and she observed no tell-tale signs of his guilt.
“He was on the phone and he was lucid – there was no sign of what he had done in his behaviour,” she told the Daily Mail.
“The only thing that was strange was that he had new shoes, and he rarely changes his shoes.
“He buys new ones only when the ones he has are broken.”
Selamaj, 36, had worn “distinctive trainers” with a thick white sole when he targeted Sabina in a horrific attack.
When the shoes were found, forensic tests found spots of Sabina’s blood on them.
The primary school teacher was walking to meet a friend moments from her home when Selamaj used a a 2ft emergency metal triangle to batter her to death.
The 28-year-old’s body was found just 200ft from her front door.
Ms Gherghisan, 45, alleged her former husband had choked her several times in the weeks before the killing – but added: “It’s very hard for me to find the words to say to the family of Sabina.
“I am just as shocked by what he did as they are.”
She apologised for the pain he had caused and said: “I never believed he was capable of murder.”
On the day of the murder, Albanian national Selamaj asked Ms Gherghisan for sex in the car park of the hotel where was worked as a cleaner.
She said no – and he left, driving to London to hunt for a lone woman.
Chilling CCTV footage played in court shows the monster crossing paths with Sabina, before checking that he wasn’t being watched.
He then sprints after his victim, who was a complete stranger to him and was “oblivious” he was behind her.
The twisted killer today refused to leave his cell to face her family and faces life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder on September 17 last year.
Sabina’s sister Jebina sobbed as she addressed the court, branding Selamaj as a “coward” and a “disgusting animal”.
And the victim’s parents Abdur Rouf and Aziban Nessa said he had “no right” to “touch” her.
Selamaj will be sentenced to life in prison for the horrific attackCredit: Enterprise
The killer was branded ‘an animal’ in court today when he refused to leave his cellsCredit: AFP
Sabrina’s sister Jebina sobbed in the dock as she called the murderer a ‘coward’Credit: PA
