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Dexter copycat killer who tried to mutilate woman in '£30-a-night Oldbury Airbnb kill room' confesses in dramatic court U-turn
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Birmingham Mail is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 5 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC. 4 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Dexter copycat killer who tried to mutilate woman in '£30-a-night Oldbury Airbnb kill room' confesses in dramatic court U-turn”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Dexter fanatic Benjamin Day, from Redditch, has admitted murdering sex worker Maria Saceanu
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Birmingham Mail
'Dexter copycat killer tried to mutilate woman's body in Oldbury Airbnb' - jury told
- Picked up by Birmingham Mail
'Dexter copycat killer tried to mutilate women's body in Oldbury Airbnb' - jury told
- Picked up by Birmingham Mail
Reported by 1 outlet
- Birmingham Mail