A 48-year-old Nigerian man identified as Olubunmi Abodunde based in the United Kingdom allegedly beat his wife to death with their son’s skateboard while police waited outside for permission to enter the house despite hearing ‘a number of bangs’ inside.
According to Daily Mail, a jealous Abodunde who accused his wife of having affairs had a history of domestic violence and had been investigated multiple times by Suffolk Police before his wife death.
He was arrested on April 27, 2023 when police arrived at the couple’s home in Newmarket, Suffolk, and found Mrs. Abodunde with a split lip and later that day, he was released on police bail with a condition that he stayed away from the marital home and did not approach his wife.
The tragic incident unfolded after bail conditions were imposed the day before, prohibiting Abodunde from entering the house following another violent episode. When officers finally entered the house 25 minutes later, they found Taiwo Abodunde, 41, with her ‘skull smashed in’.
Abodunde was set to go on trial for murder but changed his plea to guilty after a jury had been sworn in.
Judge Martyn Levett warned him that the only possible sentence was life imprisonment.
Prosecutor Simon Spence KC told the Ipswich Crown Court that the banging officers heard was likely Abodunde continuing to attack his wife after she was unconscious or dead.
During the hearing, it was revealed that the couple, who had three children, had arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2022.
They had ongoing conflicts, including arguments about bills and allegations of affairs.
Mrs. Abodunde worked as a care home assistant in Cambridge, while her husband, a trained civil engineer, struggled to find work in his profession and took shifts at Tesco and Wickes.
After the murder, Abodunde was taken to the hospital due to a mental episode. He later claimed self-defense, alleging his wife had attacked him with a knife in a previous incident.
However, there was no knife found near her body, and the court heard that the injuries to his hand were inconsistent with his account.
