READ Why UK Sentences Nigerian To Life Imprisonment

United Kingdom has sentenced to life imprisonment a 39-year-old Nigerian man.

Adebayo Ekun was said to be part of a gang that beat and killed 18-year-old Marcus Hall in 2001, leaving him dying in the street.

After committing the murder, Ekun reportedly have fled to Nigeria in an effort to evade imprisonment.

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The report said five people out of the gang were found guilty for the murder, but Ekun evaded arrest and fled the United Kingdom, after he was recognized in a Closed-Circuit Television footage of the attack, which occurred outside the Atmosphere nightclub in Luton, London because of a distinctive checked coat he was wearing.

It was gathered that detectives went to a designer clothes shop in London where it was disclosed that the jacket was one of only nine sold in the UK – and Ekun was named as one of the costumers.

When the police stormed his London home, he had already left the England.

Meanwhile, the 39-year-old was yet located and arrested in Nigeria in February, 2015 and he was deported back to the UK.

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He accepted the killing at Luton Crown Court on September 4, Friday and was imprisoned for life with a minimum term of 10 years.
Mark Devine, a detective law officer, who was one of those who hunted Ekun, said the ruling had confirmed that no criminal could evade justice in the country.

He said: “The conviction of Adebayo Ekun today highlights the fact that if you commit, or are involved in serious crime such as this, then there is literally no place to hide. Despite the passing of 14 years, Bedfordshire Police has continued the hunt for the final outstanding offender to this vicious and brutal murder.”

 

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