Temidayo Awe, a Coventry University student who helped kill Saul Murray in Luton, was found guilty of manslaughter for selling a false Rolex watch to a father of six.
The honey trap that killed 33-year-old Saul Murray outside his New Town Street flat on February 27, 2022, involved the third-year undergraduate.
After noticing Murray sporting Rolex watches on Instagram, Awe and three others planned to drug and robbed him. After reviewing hours of CCTV footage, police arrested 31-year-old Ikem Affia for Mr Murray’s murder.
Momentary video Nigerian student jailed in Britain for murder over fake Rolex watch.
Affia’s £1,300 Moncler coat, which she wore to plan Mr Murray’s murder, was vital evidence.
The UK had fewer than 300 of these coats, with only 69 sold online. Affia’s partner bought a rare coat last year and had it sent to his home.
Cleon Brown, 29, and Gurpreet Dhillon, 36, were both caught and sentenced for the murder.
Luton Crown Court heard that Dhillon had initially contacted Mr Murray on Instagram before she and Awe were caught on CCTV entering his flat at 11.40pm the night before he was found.
Awe left just before 2.30am while Dhillon held the community entrance open with a broom, allowing Awe to return with the two guys, one of them, Affia, had a huge knife.
The two women sedated Mr Murray and ran to the door before collapsing.
A neighbourhood fast food restaurant’s Surveillance showed Brown and Affia. Affia wears the same coat in it.
Momentary video Nigerian student jailed in Britain for murder over fake Rolex watch.
After contacting Dhillon, phone data placed Brown at the site. Another footage showed Brown’s Mercedes Benz acting strangely near the flat.
According to additional evidence, Brown hired a suspicious Mercedes Benz near Mr Murray’s flat.
After the crime, Brown was captured on Video vacuuming the Mercedes at a London petrol station. He’s wearing Mr Murray’s jogging pants.
Momentary video Nigerian student jailed in Britain for murder over fake Rolex watch.
Judge Michael Simon called it a “senseless” scheme to rob during Luton Crown Court’s sentencing. The four were sentenced to:
“Ikem Affia, 31, of Shore Place, London, was sentenced to life in prison for murder and must spend at least 25 years. He received 14 years concurrently for conspiracy to commit robbery.
“Cleon Brown, 29, of King Edwards Road, South Hackney, was sentenced to 11 years for manslaughter and nine years for conspiracy to commit robbery, to run consecutively.
“Gurpreet Dhillon, 36, of Carnarvon Drive, London, was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter and 10 years for conspiracy to commit robbery to run concurrently, a total of 10 years.
“Temidayo Awe, 21, of Saunders Street, Gillingham was sentenced to seven years for manslaughter and six years for conspiracy to commit robbery to run consecutively; a total of seven years.”.
