UK: Brazillian Man Held For Indian Woman's Murder Sent To Mental Hospital

A Brazilian man has been sentenced to a mental institution after admitting to fatally stabbing a 27-year-old woman named Kontham Tejasvini from Hyderabad, India, and attempting to murder her Indian flatmate at a Wembley residence in 2023. People were shocked by the news that the killer, who had been receiving psychiatric care, had been evaluated as mentally sound weeks before the horrific crime.

A similar story involving a 19-year-old Indian girl, identified as Mehak Sharma, who recently arrived in the UK, was fatally stabbed in London. 23-year-old Shail Sharma was apprehended at the location in Croydon on suspicion of the murder. As reported by Sky News, on the afternoon of October 29, police officials from the Metropolitan Police responded to a residence situated on Ash Tree Way. They discovered a 19-year-old woman with stab wounds, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Case of Kontham Tejasvini

According to a statement by the police, the woman is presumed to be an Indian national who is believed to have recently arrived in the United Kingdom. Police officers are currently making efforts to locate and notify her family. The police force has confirmed that they are not actively searching for anyone else in relation to the murder investigation. They are now seeking witnesses, particularly individuals who may have witnessed or heard a disturbance at the residence.

According to The Times of India, a Brazilian man who was found guilty of murdering an Indian woman in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to mental hospital custody. The sentence was imposed by the court after the guy pleaded guilty to murdering an Indian woman in Hyderabad and attempting to murder her flatmate in Wembley. Both women resided in a flat located on Neeld Crescent in Wembley, London, in close proximity to their workplace.

Kevin Lourenco de Morals, 24, attacked Hyderabad woman Kontham Tejasvini on June 13, last year. After murdering her, Morals called his girl friend  and stated, "I have killed the Indian females." Shortly after the attack, authorities captured him after tracking his phone's GPS data.

After a six-month trial, Kevin pleaded guilty to murdering Tejasvini (27) and attempting to murder her flatmate, Akhila Janagama (now 29).

Judge Martin Edmunds issued the Mental Health Act Section 37/41 hospital and restrictions  order in Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, stating that the defendant was not in sound mind when he attacked the two women, according to TOI.

While announcing the punishment, the judge stated that Kevin Lourenco de Morals suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had relapsed into a psychotic episode when he committed the attacks. The defendant was then transferred to the Bethlehem Royal Hospital in Beckenham.

Kontham Tejasvini moved to London from Hyderabad on a student visa in 2020 to pursue a master's degree in computer science from Greenwich  University. She eventually got hired as a team leader at Wembley. She met her flatmate Janagama in March 2023, and they moved into a house-sharing apartment together. De Morals and his girlfriend also stayed there. Prior to the June 13, 2023, incident, the Indian women and the couple had never met.

Kevin, who had a history of mental illness, had stopped taking his anti-psychotic medicine and claimed that he had attacked the women on the orders of the "voices he heard".

Another Woman, Same Story

According to a statement by the police, the woman is presumed to be an Indian national who is believed to have recently arrived in the United Kingdom. Police officers are currently making efforts to locate and notify her family. The police force has confirmed that they are not actively searching for anyone else in relation to the murder investigation. They are now seeking witnesses, particularly individuals who may have witnessed or heard a disturbance at the residence.