Goldsmiths student stabbed fellow student to death before calling his father'

"Chinese national Zhe Wang, 31, a creative writing student at Goldsmiths, University of London, was found dead with two stab wounds to her face at her flat in Manor Park, Lewisham, south-east London, on March 20 2024. Fellow student Joshua Michals, 26, flew into a rage' before killing her, a trial at the Old Bailey was told. A jury found Michals guilty of murder on Monday after 16-and-a-half hours of deliberations."

"They had first met on the Goldsmiths campus and began an on-and-off casual relationship in 2023. Michals called his father after the incident and obtained the details for a solicitor before going to his own flat and calling 999, the trial heard. He also took Ms Wang's phone from her kitchen and put it in a bin outside, jurors were previously told. It was recovered days later at a refuse area in Newham, east London."

Zhe Wang, 31, a Chinese creative writing student at Goldsmiths, was found dead with two facial stab wounds at her flat in Manor Park, Lewisham, on March 20, 2024. Joshua Michals, 26, was convicted of murder after 16½ hours of jury deliberation. They had an on-and-off casual relationship. Michals went to Wang’s flat with a charcuterie selection. He told jurors she attacked him with a knife as he emerged from the bathroom. Michals called his father, obtained solicitor details, and called 999. A post-mortem recorded stab wounds to the head and neck compression as causes of death. Michals said he did not mean to strike her with the knife.

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