A United Kingdom Court has remanded a Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, aged 48 for allegedly killing his wife after he suspected her of having extramarital affairs.
According to Mail Online, the remanded suspect beat his wife to death with his son’s skateboard while police waited outside for permission from their bosses to go in.
It was further reported that UK policemen heard ‘a number of bangs’ inside the house that Abodunde had entered, despite bail conditions imposed the day before that barred him from the residence due to his previous record of domestic violence.
When they arrived 25 minutes later, they discovered his wife, named Taiwo Abodunde and aged 41, with her skull bashed in’.
The court eventually remanded the suspect in custody and will be sentenced on May 9, 2024.
During the hearing, the court heard the couple, who had three children, arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2022.
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.
Prosecutor Simon Spence KC told the court the banging officers heard was likely to have been Abodunde continuing to attack his wife after she was unconscious or dead.
As well as clashes over the alleged affairs, there were also arguments about bills.
The suspect whom Suffolk Police have investigated for domestic abuse was supposed to stand murder trial but changed his plea to guilty after the jury was sworn in yesterday.
Judge Martyn Levett of Ipswich Crown Court informed him that the only possible penalty was life imprisonment.
Suffolk Constabulary presented themselves to the Independent Office of Police Conduct, which verified that three officers were under investigation.
An IOPC spokesman was quoted by Daily Mail saying: “’We advised two Suffolk officers that they are under investigation for potential breaches of the police standards of professional behaviour at the level of gross misconduct.”
He continued: “We advised another officer that they are under investigation at the level of misconduct.”
Abiodun had a history of jealousy and suspicion and accused his wife of having affairs. He had been investigated by police several times over alleged domestic violence incidents before his wife’s death.
He was arrested on April 27 last year when police arrived at the couple’s home in Newmarket, Suffolk, and found Mrs Abodunde with a split lip.
Later that day he was freed on police bail with the condition that he stayed away from the marital home and didn’t approach his wife.