Court upholds life sentence to Nigerian who beat wife to death in UK
An abusive husband, Abodunde David Olubunmi, who beat his wife to death with their son’s skateboard has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a UK court.
Abodunde beat his wife to death with their son’s skateboard while police waited outside for permission from their bosses to go in.
Mail Online reports that jailing the defendant for life with a minimum of 17 years behind bars, Judge Martyn Levett of Ipswich Crown Court told him he was ‘ferocious, ruthless, cold-blooded, callous & savage’.
“The simple fact is that you strangled your wife & then b£at her d£ath & used one of the children’s skateboards to better her skull,” the judge said.
The court heard that she suffered “catastrophic injuries” during the attack in Newmarket, Suffolk on November 28, 2023.
A post-mortem examination later showed Taiwo had been throttled until she fell unconscious, then stamped on until her ribs were broken before her husband used the skateboard to finish her off. The blows were so violent that the skateboard was damaged.
