A supply driver has been discovered responsible of murdering his spouse and masking it up by setting hearth to their house and blaming their teenage son for re-enacting a scene from a Netflix thriller.
Amidu Koroma, 48, had denied being accountable for the dying of 46-year-old neighborhood nurse Mariam Kamara, casting suspicion on his harmless 19-year-old son Ishmael.
It was claimed {the teenager} was troubled and had killed his mom whereas re-creating a scene from the thriller You.
In season three of the present, the primary character kills his spouse after which units hearth to their house to cowl up the scene and pretend his personal dying.
Jurors heard Koroma had a “poisonous” relationship with Ms Kamara and he or she feared he was going to kill her, after a sequence of rows over cash and his refusal to depart the home.
Koroma, who had a baby with one other lady, was discovered responsible of her homicide following a trial on the Outdated Bailey.
Prosecutor Zoe Johnson KC had advised how a hearth broke out in an upstairs bed room of the household house in Railton Highway, Brixton, south London, within the early hours of January 24, 2022.
After getting out of the constructing together with his father, Ishmael Koroma known as the emergency providers, with the hearth brigade arriving at 4.12am.
As flames and smoke gushed from a first-floor window, the defendant calmly advised emergency staff that his spouse was trapped inside, the courtroom heard.
Ms Kamara’s badly burnt physique was later discovered mendacity on her mattress surrounded by the distinctive odor of accelerant.
Amidu Koroma tried responsible his teenage son for the homicide
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An empty jerry can and funnel have been discarded on the bottom ground and the sufferer’s blood was recognized on bannisters close to the underside of the steps.
A autopsy examination concluded Ms Kamara had died from stab wounds to the neck and chest earlier than the hearth began.
The defendant denied going into the blazing bed room but had sustained a burn to his foot from shut proximity to the flames.
An evaluation of his garments revealed warmth injury attributable to publicity to flames, jurors have been advised.
A kitchen knife saved in a block was examined and located to have Ms Kamara’s blood on it.
Ms Johnson stated there have been solely two attainable candidates who may have been accountable for Ms Kamara’s dying as there was no proof anybody had pressured entry to the house, stabbed her and staged a hearth earlier than leaving unnoticed.
She stated: “This defendant denies that he’s accountable for the homicide however the background proof and the scientific proof all level to his sole involvement in Mariam’s dying.
“Whereas the defendant had a burn to his foot, singed hairs in his beard, flash burning to his jogging bottoms and sweatshirt, there is no such thing as a scientific proof to counsel that Ishmael did something apart from sleep in his bed room that evening till his father woke him as much as get out of the home.”
He was discovered responsible of homicide following a trial at Outdated Bailey
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In a police interview, Koroma stated he had been asleep on the couch and was woken by the smoke alarm at 3am.
He claimed he ran upstairs, seen “black smoke all over the place” and shouted at Ms Kamara to get out however didn’t attempt to go inside her bed room as a result of “massive flame”.
Throughout the trial, he modified his account saying Ishmael had woken him up downstairs and he had wished to guard him.
Underneath cross-examination, accountancy scholar Ishmael denied being unstable and killing his mom after having a foul dad and mom’ night.
The courtroom heard his dad and mom’ relationship had all however ended and Koroma had left the household house to dwell with one other lady a number of occasions solely to return pleading for forgiveness.
There have been frequent rows over cash and Ms Kamara solely stayed for the sake of her son, who was about to go to college, the courtroom was advised.
Ms Johnson stated: “Unbeknown to her son, Mariam had arrange some very beneficiant life insurance coverage insurance policies for his profit.
“Mariam was often called a really form and charitable lady who was all the time searching for others in want.”
Ms Kamara had been planning a visit to Sierra Leone the place she was constructing a home and had fashioned an in depth relationship with one other man.
She advised a good friend she feared Koroma would kill her and he had refused to depart the home.
Ms Johnson advised jurors: “The scientific proof, the proof of the poor state of the wedding, the defendant’s threats to kill Mariam and the defendant’s inconsistent accounts of his behaviour that evening all level conclusively to the defendant stabbing his spouse to dying.”
Koroma can be sentenced on Monday.
