An American student has been found guilty of murdering a Chinese woman after she accused him of passing on a sexually transmitted disease (STD).

Appearing at the Old Bailey, Joshua Michals, 26, was found to have fatally stabbed Zhe Wang, 31, at her flat in Manor Park, Lewisham, south-east London , on 20 March last year.

The two were both students at Goldsmiths University , where Michals was pursuing a master's degree and Ms Wang studied creative writing, and had begun a casual relationship in 2023.

Michals told jurors that Ms Wang was "germophobic" and became "stressed" after she incorrectly thought she had contracted an STD after they had sex.

Prosecutor Henrietta Paget KC added that the 26-year-old, originally from Chicago, Illinois, had "flown into a rage" and killed Ms Wang

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