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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

‘Coward’ Call Of Duty killer fails to attend sentencing days after law change

PA Media

A killer has been handed a life sentence in his absence for stabbing a young rap artist to death while wearing a skull mask popularised by the Call Of Duty video games.

Drug dealing “enforcer” Timothy Adeoye, 20, refused to attend the Old Bailey on Monday, when he was locked up for at least 23 years for murdering 18-year-old Donavan Allen.

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