THIS is the chilling moment an evil teen was filmed laughing with his older sister on holiday – days before he stabbed her to death.
Mali and Luka Bennett-Smith are seen sipping beer together outside a pavement cafe in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with dad Andy heard saying they are “living the dream”.
Mali and Luka are seen laughing in the video posted by dad Andy on Facebook[/caption]
Just 49 days later, Mali stabbed his sister to death[/caption]
The teenager was jailed for at least 10 years and five months[/caption]
But just 49 days later on October 20 last year, 17-year-old Mali brutally attacked his “annoying” sister at the family home in Bristol.
While alone together at the property, in Cromwell Road, Luka allowed her brother to get her in a headlock, a playful act they’d done before.
However, rather than eventually letting go, he continued to hold her before stabbing her repeatedly.
Then, 20 minutes later, he called 999 and told the operator: “I stabbed my sister to death.”
Mali, who has ADHD, said they had not been arguing but admitted: “I hated her my whole life and I don’t know, I just didn’t want to ever see her again.
“On this occasion I had decided I was not going to stop, I wanted to kill her, I had enough with regards to how she had been treating me over the years and recently.”
The siblings had grown up together on a remote farm in New Zealand, where they also home-schooled by mum Liz.
They later moved to Bristol, with Mali aspiring to join the army, the court heard on Monday.
He had dropped out of college, with Ray Tully KC, defending, saying his “somewhat unconventional” upbringing meant he didn’t mix with other kids and spent a lot of his time playing video games.
He added: “Mali did not know how to manage his increasing feelings of frustration and resentment towards Luka.”
Mr Tully said his client had “genuine remorse” for his actions.
Soon before the three-week trip to the Netherlands, Liz and Andy had split up, with the teens and their mum moving to the Cromwell Road home.
Andy stayed in Auckland, New Zealand.
Mali was jailed for at least 10 years and five months. Judge William Hart said the chilling murder was “every parent’s worst nightmare”.
He added: “The horror of the loss of their daughter at the hands of the son they still love is beyond even the worst nightmares.”
He continued: “The killing was shocking and brutal.
“It has deprived Luka of her life, your parents in effect of two of their children, and will deprive you of your liberty.”
The judge said Mali “undoubtedly intended to kill” during the knife attack.
He added: “The scene that met the paramedics on arrival at that house will, I imagine, live with them forever.”
