'Devil worshipper' found guilty of murdering two sisters in north London

Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were killed in June 2020

Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman
Author: Louise EastonPublished 6th Jul 2021
Last updated 6th Jul 2021

A teenager, described as a devil worshipper, has been found guilty of murdering two sisters in north London.

19 year old Danyal Hussein stabbed Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in a country park in June last year as they celebrated a birthday.

19 year old Danyal Hussein

A jury heard he'd made a bizarre pact with Satan - and would have gone on to kill more victims.

The sisters had gathered with friends at the park to celebrate Ms Henry's birthday, they decided to stay on together and danced to music with fairy lights set up.

On the evening of June 6, the sisters’ worried loved ones reported them missing but officers were not deployed to the park until the next day.

Before police arrived, Miss Smallman’s frantic boyfriend Adam Stone began searching the park with his parents. He was on the phone to police when he found the bodies at around 12.30pm.

Searches of Hussein's bedroom at his mother’s house in south-east London uncovered a book of spells, handwritten demon symbols and the two blood pacts.

In a “campaign of vengeance” Hussein pledged to kill six women every six months to win the Mega Millions Super Jackpot of £321 million and carry on killing women as long as he was able, jurors heard.

Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding concluded Hussein's ideology made him arrogant and very dangerous, particularly to women.

He said:

"He is a particularly arrogant young man. Described as a boy in court but he is a young man with an ideology that would lead him to do that with such calmness. He is quite a frightening character.

"He was speaking online to other people about love spells and potions and there was some evidence of far-right research.

"We believe there was a lot more he was accessing on the dark web.''

Bibaa Henry's father Herman Henry described the "agony'' of his loss. On his daughter, he said:

"She was a beautiful outgoing strong minded and intelligent woman.''

He said nothing would ever bring back his daughter and her half sister Nicole, adding that Bibaa's birthday would be a "constant reminder'' of what happened.

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