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'Murder manual' led to killing
27/06/2006 15:24 - (SA)
London - A millionaire's teenage daughter who hatched a blueprint for murder in prison was found guilty at
London's Old Bailey on Tuesday of killing a pensioner.
Kemi Adeyoola was 17 when she stabbed her former neighbour,
85-year-old Anne Mendel, 14 times at her London home in broad
daylight in March 2005.
The court heard how Adeyoola, while in jail for shoplifting,
had created a neatly written 18-page murder manual detailing how
she would kill elderly victims after robbing them, with the aim
of making £3m from her crimes.
Unemployed Adeyoola, 18, later told police the document was
the plot for a thriller she intended to write.
The teenager's father, Bola Adeyoola, who runs a property
management company, said: "What she did was evil."
Mendel, described by police as a well-liked member of her
community, was found covered in coats in the hallway of her home
in Golders Green, north London, by her husband, Leonard, 81,
when he returned from shopping. Premeditated murder
Adeyoola and a 16-year-old girl who cannot be named for
legal reasons, were also found guilty of one charge of
conspiracy to pervert justice with a false alibi.
"This was a premeditated murder which shows an unusual level
of violence in a girl so young," said detective inspector Steve
Morris of the Metropolitan Police.
"Not only did Adeyoola plan and carry out the murder of a
defenceless old lady, but went to extraordinary lengths to try to
conceal her crime with the full compliance of a 16-year-old
girl."
The prosecution said Adeyoola had chosen Mendel as a "soft
target" on which to practise before finding a "rich, elderly and
defenceless" woman to kill for her money. DNA
After stabbing Mendel to death, Adeyoola disposed of her
blood-stained clothing. But a tiny speck of DNA found on her
victim's hand led to her conviction, police said.
"Mrs Mendel was a person whose whole life was taken up with
kindness and giving up of herself for others," her husband said
in a statement after the verdict.
"The unjust end she met, having so much taken away in such
an undeserving manner, left us in total shock."
Sentencing will take place at a date yet to be announced.
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