Anthony Marks, 51, suffered a bleed on the brain and died in hospital five weeks later
Three teenagers joked with each other and took selfies after beating a man to death near King’s Cross station. In the early hours of Saturday, August 10, Anthony Marks, 51, was found by police with serious injuries.
He had been hit with a car bonnet before being chased down, stamped on and beaten with a gin bottle in a vicious county lines retribution attack. Photos released by the Metropolitan Police show how Jaidee Bingham, aged 16 at the time of the attack and known as ‘Ghost’, Eymaiyah Lee Bradshaw-McKoy, then aged 16, and Mia Campos-Jorge, then aged 17, boasted about their actions.
The trio’s attack caused Anthony to suffer a bleed on the brain which led to his death in hospital five weeks later. They were convicted at the Old Bailey on Thursday, October 30 after the jury deliberated for 47 hours and 47 minutes.
Bingham, now 18, of Merrielands Crescent, Dagenham was found guilty of murder, while Bradshaw-McKoy, also now aged 18 from Longford Walk, Lambeth and Campos-Jorge, now 19 of Milton Road, Tottenham were found guilty of manslaughter.
Their conviction comes after Met detectives tracked the trio using CCTV before tracing the drug gang through forensic analysis of mobile phones to piece together the events of the night.
‘The ages of the attackers are particularly shocking’
Detective Inspector Jim Barry, of the Met’s Specialist Crime North, who led this investigation, said: “This is a particularly callous murder that gives an insight into the ruthless brutality of county lines gangs. The ages of Bingham, Bradshaw-McKoy and Campos-Jorge are particularly shocking. But the fact that they were teenagers does not excuse their violent actions as part of a drug line that has brought fear and intimidation to London’s streets.
“They believed they had escaped justice, even posing for selfies together and laughing about what they had done. There is a sense of justice that officers were able to use these to place them at the scene of the crime. This verdict shows how the Met is taking the fight to criminal gangs and committed to getting justice for their victims.”
The jury could not reach a decision in relation to Harry Gittins, 36 (24.12.1988) of Regent Square, King’s Cross, charged with murder. A further hearing will take place at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 5 November.
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