THIS is the chilling moment an evil killer laughs when shown a video of him viciously stamping a mum to death after flipping his BMW while high on drugs.
Shocking footage shows twisted Chukwuemeka Ahanonu grinning and smirking in custody as he watches himself unleash the savage and unprovoked attack on Nila Patel.
The 24-year-old laughed as detectives played him the clip.
When challenged as to what he finds amusing by the cop, he replied: “If I don’t laugh, I cry.”
He also claimed he could not remember the killing, telling officers: “I don’t remember killing her, but I need to see it, bro.”
In separate CCTV, Ahanonu’s white BMW is seen tearing through Leicester’s streets moments before the horror.
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He can be seen swerving across lanes, racing through traffic lights before the out-of-control car then smashes through railings and flips over.
But incredibly, Ahanonu clambers out of the wreckage unscathed.
Ms Patel had been on a bus in Infirmary Road on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 24 last year when she witnessed the crash.
Her devastated family later said she was kind and caring by nature and always put others first.
Concerned for the driver, she stepped off the bus to help.
But in a horrifying twist, police say Ahanonu freed himself from the wreckage and ran from the scene before launching a savage and unprovoked attack on Ms Patel.
As members of the public rushed in, the drug dealer bolted, with another clip showing him sprinting away as officers gave chase.
He was eventually caught and wrestled to the ground by cops before being arrested.
The court heard how Ahanonu then launched a frenzied assault, punching, kicking and stamping on Ms Patel’s head as she lay defenceless.
Security guards from the nearby hospital bravely intervened, restraining the thug until police arrived.
Ms Patel suffered a fractured skull and a devastating brain injury. She died in hospital two days later.
Yesterday, a jury at Leicester Crown Court found Ahanonu, 24, of Dover Street, Leicester, guilty of her murder.
Tests later showed he had been driving under the influence of cannabis, with THC levels at 7.6mcg, more than three times the legal limit.
He had claimed he could not remember the attack.
Prosecutor Mary Prior KC told jurors: “The voluntary consumption of a substance which causes you to act in a way that you would not act when sober is not a defence to murder because an intoxicated intent is still an intent.”
Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Inspector Emma Matts said: “Ahanonu was unknown to Ms Patel.
“After crashing his vehicle, he ran from the scene violently attacking Ms Patel.
“This was the most horrific, violent and random attack by a stranger on a kind, gentle and loving woman who was simply making her way home.
“It is hard to imagine what Ms Patel went through in those moments.
“My thoughts continue to remain with her and with her family and friends who have suffered and continue to suffer the most horrendous distress and pain.”
Paying tribute, Nila’s heartbroken children said: “She was quiet, gentle, funny, kind, loving and deeply caring.
“She always put others before herself and she never expected anything in return.
“Mum still had so much life ahead of her.
“She should have had the chance to grow old, to enjoy retirement, to become a grandmother and to celebrate many more milestones with her family.
“All of those moments have now been taken away from her – and from us.
“We will carry mum’s love, her guidance, her kindness and the memory of who she was with us every day for the rest of our lives, and we will never stop wishing the world could have had more of her in it.”
Ahanonu will be sentenced today at Leicester Crown Court.