Danyal Hussein jailed for murdering sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman as part of ‘Satanic blood pact’

A teenager has been jailed for murdering two sisters as part of a ‘Satanic blood pact’.

Danyal Hussein, 19, savagely stabbed Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, to death in a Wembley park, north London, in June last year.

He had embarked on a “campaign of vengeance” against random women in a failed bid to win the Mega Millions Super Jackpot lottery prize of £321 million, the Old Bailey heard.

Hussein was tracked down through DNA and police discovered a handwritten pledge to a demonic entity called King Lucifuge Rofocale to kill six women every six months, which was signed in blood.

He declined to give evidence in his trial, claiming he was not responsible for the killings or for writing the pact.

He was found guilty of two counts of murder and possession of a knife.

Sisters enjoying lockdown party

The sisters were enjoying a lockdown party to celebrate Ms Henry’s birthday in Fryent Country Park, Wembley, on June 6 last year as Hussein watched them from the undergrowth.

After the other guests had drifted away in the early hours he sprang from the darkness with a carving knife to kill first Ms Henry and then her sister in a so-called “celebration of death”.

Ms Henry was taken by surprise and had no chance to defend herself.

When her younger sister put up a desperate struggle Hussein took revenge in a “frenzied” attack, stabbing her 29 times.

He dragged both bodies into the undergrowth and cleared away the picnic blankets and cushions in an attempt to cover up what he had done.

But he had been badly cut in the attack and dripped blood on to the bodies of both women and their belongings.

Scotland Yard believes Hussein, of Guy Barnett Grove, Kidbrooke, Greenwich, would have gone on to kill more women if he had not injured his hand.

Friends started their own search for the sisters

Concerned friends had raised the alarm when Ms Henry, a social worker, and Ms Smallman, a bar worker, did not answer their phones on the morning after the party.

They were angry when police did not begin looking for the women and launched their own search of the park.

Within minutes they found the women’s sunglasses and the murder weapon in the grass.

Adam Stone, Ms Smallman’s partner, then fell to his knees screaming when he discovered the two entwined bodies of the women in the undergrowth.

Police found ‘contract’ with a demon

CCTV footage showed Hussein leaving the park and arriving back at his father’s home nearby.

In his bedroom, police found the contract he had written out for the demon, signed in his own blood, complete with three lottery tickets.

It read: “Agreement for the lucifuge rofocale.

“Perform a minimum of six sacrifices every six months for as long as I am free and physically capable.

“Sacrifice only women, build a temple for you do everything that I have promised for me win the Mega Millions Super Jackpot to...receive fruitful rewards.

“In return for the future sacrifices I make to you, the rewards could consist of wealth and power.”

He had signed the single word “Danyal” in his own blood.

The killer lived with his mother in Kidbrooke, but also visited his father who lived in Old Kenton Lane, Wembley, near the park.

Hussein was obsessed with the idea of becoming a multi-millionaire and believed the only way to do it was to strike a pact with a demon by becoming a serial killer.

Sisters’ mother outraged by slow police response

The sisters’ mother, Mina Smallman, was the Church of England’s first female archdeacon from a black or minority ethnic background.

She was outraged by the slow response to the murder and has said she is “convinced” her daughters’ race played a role in the slow investigation into their deaths.

A report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) on the service provided by the Met found it was “below the standard that it should have been”.

Hussein denied but was convicted of two charges of murder and possessing an offensive weapon by an Old Bailey jury in July after a month-long trial.

Riel Karmy-Jones, QC, defending, told the court that Hussein had a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the psychiatric points to the possibility of the other mental health issues “running in tandem” with it.

“We hope that with some time and perhaps some treatment that the victims’ family, the family of these two women who were tragically lost, they may get some answers as to his motivation,” she added.

What judge told Hussein in sentencing

Hussein, who appeared in court via videolink from a suite in maximum-security Belmarsh prison, squatted on a chair and seemed to disengaged during the hearing.

The unshaven double killer, who now has long curly hair, was wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a grey Puma sweatshirt.

He was convicted of two counts of murder and possession of an offensive weapon, following a jury trial in July.

Lady Justice Philippa Whipple sentenced Hussein to a minimum of 35 years imprisonment at the Old Bailey today.

She told Hussein: “The lives of these family members have been shattered.

“Mina talks of this ‘nightmare’, of the impact on every day since then, of the horror of knowing the details of how they died, of having to put grief on hold because of this trial, and of being haunted by the knowledge of her children’s suffering: ‘I think that will disturb me for the rest of my life.’

“To lose two treasured family members and friends in this way is unimaginable.

“But you made that loss worse by your refusal to acknowledge your actions.

“You made those family members and friends sit through day after day of evidence at this trial - you admitted nothing.

“So the court was subjected to lengthy evidence about your careful planning, about the extensive wounds inflicted by you causing death, about your efforts to hide the bodies and cover your actions, and about your apparent nonchalance after the murders.”

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