Family of criminology student accused of murdering personal trainer Amie Gray knew he had interest in knives after confiscating two blades and axe he bought, court hears

The parents of a criminology student accused of murdering a personal trainer in a random attack were forced to hide two knives and an axe from him prior to the stabbing, a court heard today. Nasen Saadi, 20, from Bournemouth, took an interest in ‘deliberately offensive-looking weapons’ in the months preceding the killing of Amie Gray, 34, and had purchased several knives from online retailers, jurors were told. Jurors at Winchester Crown Court, Hants, were told Saadi was arrested at his aunt’s home in Purley, south London, on May 28, at which point police seized a number of items from his ‘large bedroom’. An M:Tech USA Xtreme knife, one of the blades found in the bedroom of suspect Nasen Saadi during the initial raid by police on May 28 Another of the five knives recovered by officers in Mr Saadi's bedroom four days after the murder A third knife found during the initial search of Mr Saadi's bedroom back in May He also searched ‘What hotels don’t have CCTV in UK’ and ‘can you pay Airbnb with cash’. Amie Gray died after being stabbed on Durley Chine Beach, Bournemouth, at about 11.45pm on May 24 this year - a man has now gone on trial charged with murdering her Sian Gray, wife of Amie Gray, is pictured outside Winchester Crown Court - she attended today's court proceedings, watching from the public gallery Nasen Saadi, from Croydon in south London, has been accused of murdering Amie Gray on Bournemouth beach - a court artist sketch depicts him at Winchester Crown Court A screengrab of CCTV footage showing accused Nasen Saadi on the day of the fatal stabbing Handout screengrab from CCTV footage issued by the Crown Prosecution Services of a man said to be Nasen Saadi walking along promenade on Bournemouth seafront The trial heard ‘severe force’ was used to murder Mrs Gray, who suffered ten knife wounds - the most serious being a ‘gaping’ wound to her chest.