The Body in Room 203 is the very worst of true crime ...Middle East

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A distastefully superficial rehashing of a harrowing crime, the show offers no meaningful insight into its central murder – that of 28-year-old student Nadine Aburas at the hands of her ex, Sammy Almahri. Rather, it whips through the particulars of the crime, pausing only to relish its most salacious details, before delivering a trite conclusion.

Talking-head commentators give their twopence, but their input feels more like padding than expertise. Retired Evening Standard correspondent Paul Cheston’s weird description of Aburas – “Nadine was talented, she was slim, she was petite” – could have been pulled from a “perfect female victim” mood board, while criminal psychologist Jonathan Taylor gives an overly simplistic explanation of online dating: “In my day you’d go to a bar […] with your friends. […] That’s not where we are with the internet.” Gee, thanks!

Sammy Almahri was given a life sentence (Photo: 5)

Men killing women is, grimly, grindingly unremarkable. What was genuinely notable about this murder was Almahri’s behaviour in its aftermath. Calling police to tell them where the body was, laughing maniacally down the phone as he threatened to kill again and posting online using Aburas’s social media accounts. I would have loved to understand more about Almahri’s state of mind – unfortunately, the closest we get comes from forensic psychologist Dr Ruth Tully, who says his behaviour suggested “some anti-social personality traits”.

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A hasty voice-over tries to categorise the case as a cautionary tale about internet safety. Although Aburas initially met her killer online, there was nothing uniquely digital about her murder. Tully fares a little better – “this could happen to anybody, and remembering Nadine will help us remember that”. Rather than feeling profound, however, her closing comment only underscores the show’s cursory engagement with Aburas’s story.

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