55-year-old Martin Saberi has admitted to murdering Amy Griffiths a day before his trial was due to begin, after previously pleading not guilty after her death in 2019.
According to Worcester News, 51-year-old Griffiths was found dead in her Worcester flat on January 14 2019 with head injuries; Saberi was arrested later that month.
After denying the murder for two years, entered a guilty plea on Monday February 15, just before his trial was due to begin in Worcester Crown Court.
As a result of Saberi’s plea, the trial was called off, and he will be sentenced on March 11. Worcester’s LGBTQ+ community described Griffiths as a “hero”, with friend Connor Turner saying in 2019: “She didn’t have a selfish bone in her body.