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Global PAKI CRIMES -'Homeless' Man Battered to Death Woman Who Took Pity on Him
Woman Who Took Man Who Said He Was Homeless, Battered to Death in House Days Later, Court old
A woman was found dead in her London home in February this year a court heard Victoria Adams was allegedly battered to death with a mallet days after taking in a homeless man
MailOnline 30 OCT 2025
Victoria Adams
A woman was allegedly battered to death with a mallet days after taking in a homeless man, a court has heard. Victoria Adams, 37, was found dead at her flat in London, on 9 February after police were called to a report of a man attempting to break in to the property
She was found face down in a bedroom with a black bin bag over her head which was covered by a pillow, the Old Bailey heard. She had suffered at least 10 separate injuries to the back and side of the head from being struck with a blunt object, prosecutor Peter Ratliff said.
Further investigations led to the recovery of a mallet which allegedly had blood and the victims DNA on it.
On 9 February, Apapale Adoum, 39, of no fixed address, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. He was charged with the offence on June 5.
It is alleged the victim met him on 6 February when he was living in a homeless shelter and had invited him to stay with her but later wrote a note to ask him to leave
On Tuesday, Adoum appeared at the Old Bailey by video link from Wandsworth prison for a preliminary hearing and spoke only to confirm him identity.
Judge Nigel Lickley KC set a plea hearing for August 26 and a provisional three week trial from 23 March 2026.
The defendant Apapale Adoum was remanded into custody
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