A court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to death over the murder of a teen social media influencer that sparked uproar across the country.
Umar Hayat broke into the home of 17-year-old TikTok star Sana Yousaf in June last year after she rejected his repeated advances, and shot her dead.
Hayat, now 23, admitted his crime in July, saying he had developed a one-sided obsession with Yousaf after some interactions online.
Yousaf’s father Syed Yousaf Hassan said the verdict handed down by the Islamabad court was “a lesson for all such criminals in society”, local media reported.
The court also ordered Hayat to pay 2.5 million rupees ($9,000; £6,700) as compensation to Yousaf’s family.
During investigations, Hayat said he had travelled to Islamabad days before the killing to wish Yousaf well on her birthday. Despite Yousaf’s refusal to meet him, he managed to make his way to her home – where the two had an argument which escalated into the killing, according to Pakistani media.
