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A man has been found guilty of stabbing his wife to death earlier than starting a house fire to quilt up the extinguish.
Amidu Koroma, Forty eight, (01.01.1975) of Railton Side highway, SE24, was found guilty of the extinguish of 46-year-faded Mariam Kamara, after coping with trial on the Frail Bailey. He was also convicted of arson with intent to hazard existence.
He’ll be sentenced on the same court on Monday, 16 October.
Detective Chief Inspector Chris Wood, who led the investigation, said: “This was a brutal extinguish and an appalling act of violence against a girl.
“After murdering his wife, Koroma then started a fire to quilt up his actions. This was a extra selfish act which build assorted individuals of the final public in trouble.
“My officers performed an in-depth investigation into this extinguish and labored hard to accept a selection of proof which pointed to Koroma as the killer.
“Our recommendations are with Ms Kamara’s household and friends and particularly with her son who we continue to enhance through this trauma.
“The Met is devoted to reducing violence against women folk and fortunately Ms Kamara’s killer has been introduced to justice this present day.”
The jury heard how detectives launched a extinguish inquiry after being called to the house fire in Railton Side highway within the early hours of Monday 24 January 2022.
Koroma and the couple’s son had escaped the building but Ms Kamara’s physique was found within the long speed bedroom. She was pronounced dull on the scene.
Police had been suddenly suspicious after staring at that Koroma had made diminutive are attempting and rescue his wife from the burning building, regardless of re-coming into at one enlighten win some apparel for his son.
They also found a colossal retailer of jerry cans containing petrol within the loft of the house and detected the distinctive scent of an accelerant coming from the vicinity of Ms Kamara’s physique, which led them to suspect that the fire could possibly even possess been started intentionally.
A put up-mortem examination found that, regardless of Ms Kamara’s physique being extremely badly fire broken, she had essentially suffered one or extra stab wounds to the neck and chest earlier than her death. An absence of proof of smoke inhalation confirmed that she had been killed earlier than the fire was dwelling.
Detectives undertook an in depth investigation, conducting an intensive search of the property, analysing key proof, gathering gape statements and drawing on expert advice.
They sought input from a forensic scientist who found that the fire was seemingly to possess been started by the ignition of petrol.
A specialist plastic surgeon also confirmed that a burn damage on Koroma’s foot of about 8-9cm, could possibly even simplest possess been ended in by shut contact with the fire. This in opposite to Koroma’s claims that he could possibly even no longer win proper of entry to the room where the fire was to rescue his wife.
Forensic proof was also known of Mariam’s blood on his clothing as well to burn ruin ended in by a transient flame.