Moldovan killer who served 10 years for killing his girlfriend guilty of rape and attempted murder

A convicted killer, who to came to Britain from Moldova after serving 10 years for murdering his girlfriend, has been found guilty of the ‘evil and depraved’ rape and attempted murder of a stranger who he left for dead in an alleyway.

The Moldovan national, 38, Sergiu Boianjiu, was found guilty of attempted murder and rape today at Northampton Crown Court.

Boianjiu, who lived in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was caught on CCTV camera in February after he raped a young woman before repeatedly stamping his head on her.

Footage recovered by police also showed Boianjiu, who thought he had killed the victim, leaving the scene to fetch a wheelie bin in which he tried to hide her apparently lifeless body.

The images also showed the badly-injured woman – who Boianjiu wanted to ‘eliminate’ as a potential witness – being discovered by a passer-by after several hours lying in the rain and cold. 

The criminal came to the UK after serving 10 years behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend in 2002.

Jurors deliberated for more than three hours before convicting the defendant of attempted murder and rape.

He was found not guilty of a second rape charge, despite already admitting the attempted rape.

Adjourning the case, Judge David Herbert QC told Boianjiu: ‘I will have to consider the imposition of a life sentence in your case given the seriousness of the offences you have been convicted of, and your previous conviction for murder.’

He will remain in custody while he waits to be sentenced within the next six weeks.