A Camden gang followed a holidaymaker for eight miles from a nightclub before killing him amid a conspiracy to rob. Antonis Antoniadis, 27, was visiting from Greece when the five murderers followed him home from an Oxford Circus nightclub to where he was staying on Florence Teerace, New Cross, before being robbed and knifed, having partied until 8.15am.
Sofian Alliche, Shian Johnson, Joshua McCorquodale, and Alfie Hipple got out the car, but Amin Alliche, who was 17 at the time stayed in the driver’s seat. The gang of four had balaclavas and large knives.
They grabbed Antonis’ bag before stabbing him in the chest and right thigh. The latter wound slashed his femoral artery, leading to huge blood loss. Antonis fought for his life for two weeks before he died on July 21 last year.
After the attack, the five went back to their car with the stolen phone. Amin Alliche then drove them all back across the Thames to Northwest London, where they sold the nicked phone.
After they returned to their “home turf” in Camden, they hid the stolen vehicle under a car cover, which they’d also nicked.
Police raided a number of homes during the investigation and found a number of weapons including one zombie knife, five machetes, two swords, two lock knives, and seven other knives. Amin Alliche,18, Sofian Alliche, 20, both of Bury Place, Holborn, Shian Johnson, 26, of Argyle Walk, King’s Cross, Joshua McCorquodale, 20, of Upper Park Road, Chalk Farm, and Alfie Hipple, 18, of Kentish Town Road, Camden, were all found guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit robbery following an eight-week trial at the Old Bailey.
They will be sentenced at the same court on Friday, October 3.
‘Antonis never made it home to his family’
Detective Chief Inspector Kate Blackburn said: “Antonis had been visiting from Greece with friends. Very tragically he never made it home to his family. This was a particularly challenging and complex case given the lack of CCTV at the scene and the movement of the vehicle, which had been driven by the defendants continuously throughout the night of July 6 and into the following afternoon.
“I would like to thank in particular Antonis’ friends, who had witnessed his brutal murder and returned to the UK to give their evidence. I would also like to thank the witnesses’ who came forward and helped us to understand what had happened to Antonis. I am pleased our concerted efforts to find those responsible has enabled us to achieve justice for Antonis’ loved ones, family, and friends.”
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