A MONSTER has today admitted dragging a law graduate into a driveway and beating her to death just days after he was released from jail.

Zara Aleena, 35, was yards from her house in Ilford, East London, when she was kicked and stamped on repeatedly.

Jordan McSweeney had ambushed the law graduate after skulking in the shadows.

The 29-year-old was earlier seen following a string of potential victims "obviously interested in them and their movements".

After setting his sights on Zara, McSweeney was captured on CCTV dragging her into a driveway and battering her to death.

The predator today pleaded guilty to murder and sexual assault at the Old Bailey as Zara's family watched on.

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It can now be revealed he was on licence at the time of the brutal killing for criminal damage, racially aggravated harassment and unauthorised possession of a knife in prison.

He had been released from prison for robbery just nine days before the savage attack.

The creep has 28 previous convictions for 69 offences – including burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, driving offences, criminal property, assaults on police and assaults on members of the public.

Prosecutor Oliver Glasgow KC said McSweeney launched an "attack upon a lone female late at night making her way home, a woman who stood no chance".

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The court heard previously how Zara was discovered partially clothed and struggling to breath by horrified neighbours who heard her screams.

A post-mortem gave her cause of death as blunt force trauma injury and neck compression.

McSweeney was identified as Zara's killer after chilling footage showed him stalking then attacking her.

Cameras had followed him to the grotty caravan where he lived in Dagenham with police arresting him shortly after.

Officers searching the home found "blood stained clothing and shoes".

They also discovered fingerprints in blood stains on a wall where Zara was attacked that matched McSweeney.

OUTRAGE

The killer was quizzed by police but sat silently through all three interviews and would not even confirm his personal details.

He instead only threatened officers and told them he suffered from ADHD and split personality disorder.

Zara was an aspiring lawyer who had just started working at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Her death sparked outrage following the stranger murders of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard in London as they walked home.

Zara's family paid tribute to her in a heartbreaking statement following her death.

They also revealed she had wanted to be a lawyer from the age of five and that she "put her party shoes in her bag" and "walked everywhere" because "she believed that a woman should be able to walk home".

Her family added: "Zara, 35, a beloved human, child, niece, cousin, granddaughter, friend to all, she was a joy to all of us.

"She was a carer for her mother, and her grandmother. Caring for others came so naturally to her.

"Zara was friendly, she was everybody's friend. She was everybody's daughter, everybody's niece, everybody's sister, everybody's cousin. She was pure of heart.

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"She was a joy to all of us, her sparkling eyes and the curly, jet-black hair. Her glorious laughter and her sweet, smiling voice. Her tiny frame embodied a passionate spirit and indomitable energy."

McSweeney will be sentenced on December 14.

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