AN OBSESSIVE killer suffocated a student by ramming a floral patterned face mask into her mouth — then dumped her body inside a suitcase.
Muhammad Arslan, 27, had followed 21-year-old Hina Bashir when she left their village in Pakistan to study in London.
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He enrolled at a university despite having a masters degree in maths and quantum physics.
Texts showed he repeatedly declared his love for her and his shock at her finding a boyfriend.
Arslan attacked Ms Bashir in his shared flat in Ilford, East London.
After trawling through her phone, he got a lift with the case to an industrial estate by the M25 near Upminster and hid it in undergrowth.
An Old Bailey jury yesterday convicted him of murder and perverting justice by concealing Ms Bashir’s body.
He will be sentenced tomorrow.
