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Zimbabwean found guilty of murdering Nigerian love rival in the UK
05 Oct 2011 at 07:05hrs | Views
A BRITISH JURY has found a 44-year-old Zimbabwean man, Eddington Chigora, guilty of murder.
Chigora, of Buttermere Avenue, Slough, was found guilty of stabbing love rival Nigerian Omobolaji Adigun to death at Maidenhead court.
The jury retired on Monday morning and came back with their verdict this afternoon.
Mr Adigun died after being stabbed several times in Stoke Poges Lane on April 19.
The 41-year-old Nigerian, of Farnham Road, was the boyfriend of Chigora's wife, Dorothy Haparimwi.
Sentencing is expected early next week.
Adigun suffered four stab wounds, one of which punctured his heart.
The court heard how Chigora arrived at the police station in Windsor Road shortly afterwards and was arrested.
Prosecutor Ian Hope said: "What the prosecution say is that Chigora had a clear motive to want to do harm to Mr Adigun."
He said it was the prosecution's case that Chigora followed Mr Adigun after he left a party in Belgrave Road, to the Esso Garage in Stoke Poges Lane, where a chase ensued.
Mr Hope said the jury would hear witnesses describe seeing a man chased by another man carrying a knife along Stoke Poges Lane, before the victim jumped in front of a taxi forcing it to stop and climbed into the back where he was pursued by his attacker.
The court heard from Dorothy Haparimwi, who married Chigora in Zimbabwe in 1995, who told how she was 'never happy in my marriage'.
Chigora, of Buttermere Avenue, Slough, was found guilty of stabbing love rival Nigerian Omobolaji Adigun to death at Maidenhead court.
The jury retired on Monday morning and came back with their verdict this afternoon.
Mr Adigun died after being stabbed several times in Stoke Poges Lane on April 19.
The 41-year-old Nigerian, of Farnham Road, was the boyfriend of Chigora's wife, Dorothy Haparimwi.
Sentencing is expected early next week.
The court heard how Chigora arrived at the police station in Windsor Road shortly afterwards and was arrested.
Prosecutor Ian Hope said: "What the prosecution say is that Chigora had a clear motive to want to do harm to Mr Adigun."
He said it was the prosecution's case that Chigora followed Mr Adigun after he left a party in Belgrave Road, to the Esso Garage in Stoke Poges Lane, where a chase ensued.
Mr Hope said the jury would hear witnesses describe seeing a man chased by another man carrying a knife along Stoke Poges Lane, before the victim jumped in front of a taxi forcing it to stop and climbed into the back where he was pursued by his attacker.
The court heard from Dorothy Haparimwi, who married Chigora in Zimbabwe in 1995, who told how she was 'never happy in my marriage'.
Source - maidenhead
