A convicted killer has admitted murdering a man on New Year's Eve, telling police "it's happened again." Daniel Levy, 48, stabbed 41-year-old Abdul Kaleem Shaik in the neck at his home in Vauxhall before going to Bishopsgate Police Station on 1 January, the Old Bailey heard.
Officers found Mr Shaik's body on a makeshift bed in the flat. Levy was subsequently arrested and charged with murder.
Levy, who has schizophrenia, was previously convicted of the manslaughter of his grandmother in 2000, by reason of diminished responsibility, after stabbing her and setting her on fire. He was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for that death.
After being released from a secure mental health unit, he was recalled to hospital in 2013 due to thoughts of killing his parents. Upon his second release, he was required to maintain contact with his mental health team and receive medication via supervised injection.
Levy initially denied murder, citing his mental health, but changed his plea as his trial was due to begin. He told Judge Lynn Tayton KC he wanted to plead guilty, stating: "I don't want to go to trial. I don't want my personal information outside in public. I would rather just go quietly as possible, do my time." The judge ruled Levy was fit to enter his plea.
In a police interview, Levy said he had known the victim for years and allowed him to stay at his flat. He claimed Mr Shaik was struggling with his mental health and that he believed he needed to help him by killing him, to secure his passage to heaven. Prosecution barrister Peter Ratliff told an earlier hearing that Levy had described considering this for some time.
Levy was remanded into custody.