Note: Another SriLankan makes his country proud. 
A gang of robbers has been jailed after they killed a music manager for a fake designer watch.
Emmanuel Odunlami was celebrating his 32nd birthday near St Paul's Cathedral in central London on 1 May 2022 when he was fatally stabbed.
Jordell Menzies, 27, who was convicted of murder and robbery, was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 31 years.
Louis Vandrose, 28, Quincy Ffrench, 28, and Kavindu Hettiarachchi, 31, were jailed for manslaughter and robbery.
Vandrose, of Thornton Heath, and Ffrench, of Tottenham, were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Hettiarachchi, of Harrow, was jailed for 13 years.
During the trial, it was heard security guard Hettiarachchi had spotted Mr Odunlami wearing a fake Patek Philippe Nautilus watch with diamond encrusting which, if genuine, would be worth about £125,000.
Hettiarachchi then tipped off his accomplices who attacked Mr Odunlami after he left Haz restaurant.
Menzies, of Tennyson Road, Brent, stabbed the victim before the robbers made off in a Mercedes car with the watch.....
Full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpe0z59kp00o
A gang of robbers has been jailed after they killed a music manager for a fake designer watch.
Emmanuel Odunlami was celebrating his 32nd birthday near St Paul's Cathedral in central London on 1 May 2022 when he was fatally stabbed.
Jordell Menzies, 27, who was convicted of murder and robbery, was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 31 years.
Louis Vandrose, 28, Quincy Ffrench, 28, and Kavindu Hettiarachchi, 31, were jailed for manslaughter and robbery.
Vandrose, of Thornton Heath, and Ffrench, of Tottenham, were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Hettiarachchi, of Harrow, was jailed for 13 years.
During the trial, it was heard security guard Hettiarachchi had spotted Mr Odunlami wearing a fake Patek Philippe Nautilus watch with diamond encrusting which, if genuine, would be worth about £125,000.
Hettiarachchi then tipped off his accomplices who attacked Mr Odunlami after he left Haz restaurant.
Menzies, of Tennyson Road, Brent, stabbed the victim before the robbers made off in a Mercedes car with the watch.....
Full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpe0z59kp00o
