The heartbroken mother of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman who were stabbed to death by a Satan worshipper has forgiven their killer – but not the police officers who took pictures of their dead bodies.
Mina Smallman’s daughters were killed in a Wembley park in June 2020 by 19-year-old devil worshipper Danyal Hussein.
Two police constables – Deniz Jaffer, 50, and Jamie Lewis, 35 – were sent to protect the murder scene after the sister’s bodies were discovered hidden in undergrowth of the park.
But instead the Met Police officers decided to take six photos of the bodies, sending them out to a public WhatsApp group of police officers and members of the public, including a doctor and a dentist.
Standing inside the police cordon, Lewis sent a message to the group which read: ‘Unfortunately I am sat next to the two dead birds with stab wounds.’
Bibba Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were stabbed to death by Danyal Hussein in a Wembley park in June 2020
The women’s mother Mina Smallman previously spoke of forgiving their killer but says she cannot do the same for the officers who took photos of her daughter’s dead bodies
Two police constables – Deniz Jaffer, 50, (left) and Jamie Lewis, 35 (right) – were jailed for two years and nine months in December 2021 for misconduct in public office after taking pictures of the women’s bodies
Jaffer then risked contaminating the crime scene as he crept beyond the cordon to take more photographs on his phone.
The duo were reported by a colleague who received the shocking messages and witnessed them prowling around the scene. When they were caught, Jaffer insisted that the images had been deleted.
However, Mrs Smallman later learned that one of the men continued to keep a copy of the images.
The disgusting act led the officers being jailed for two years and nine months in December 2021 for misconduct in public office but they were released automatically last year for serving just half of their sentence.
Hussein, who made a blood pact with the devil in which he promised to kill six women in return for winning a £321million jackpot lottery, was jailed for life, with a minimum of 35 years.
Yet two years after her children’s death, Mrs Smallman said she has forgiven the Satan worshipper for his despicable crime.
The mother, who was the first black female archdeacon in the Church of England, said previously: ‘It’s about being able to hear beyond the evil of this world. It’s about being able to hear beyond the evil of this world.
‘You have to dig deep when the bad times come. Finding my faith has saved me on numerous occasions and at times like this you need it.’
Hussein, who made a blood pact with the devil in which he promised to kill six women in return for winning a £321million jackpot lottery, was jailed for life, with a minimum of 35 years
Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman pictured
Jaffer pictured at the shops after being released from jail after serving half his sentence last year
More than four years on from the women’s deaths, however, Mrs Smallman is still unable to forgive Jaffer and Lewis, who she calls ‘Despicable One and Despicable Two’ for the pictures they took, according to the Independent.
When the pair were released early from jail, Mrs Smallman did not find out from the Met or the courts but rather found out the news from a journalist as she returned from a holiday.
‘I just didn’t want to be here,’ she told the paper as she recalled the moment she received the news.
The grieving mother said it was the actions of the officers – and how the case, and their release, was handled – that drove her to a suicide attempt, as she writes in her new book A Better Tomorrow: Life Lessons in Hope and Strength.
Officials had failed to inform the family when the pair were released on April 21 2023, waiting until the following week to notify them.
‘I knew the day would come. I choose not to look at the calendar. They’re unimportant to me. They’re a lost cause.
‘When I got the call I was on my own and it’s not a nice thing,’ Mrs Smallman added.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Our thoughts and deepest sympathies remain with Mina Smallman and the family and friends of Nicole and Bibaa for their tragic loss.
‘We have publicly apologised for the unacceptable level of service we provided when Nicole and Bibaa were initially reported missing, and the previous Commissioner met the family in July 2020 to apologise for the truly despicable actions of PCs Jaffer and Lewis. They are in prison because of it.
‘We fully appreciate the heightened concerns about women’s safety. We are working hard to rebuild trust and to tackle the understandable concerns about violence against women and girls.
‘We are determined to do everything we can to rebuild the faith we need the public to have in us. We also know that the change has to start with us.
‘We have intensified our work to improve the Met’s professional standards and culture and appointed Baroness Louise Casey to conduct an independent review in order to help rebuild public trust.’
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