Two men were each jailed for at least 35 year for murdering a 71-year-old businesswoman in a £4.6m scam to plunder her life savings.
Mohamed El Abboud, 28, and Kusai Al-Jundi, 25, targeted trusting mother-of-two Louise Kam, who had previously owned a catering business with her ex-husband before going into rental properties.
Al-Jundi, a chef from north-west London, spent months attempting to trick Ms Kam, from Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, into giving him control of two properties she owned in Willesden and East Barnet by offering her millions of pounds.
He also aimed to gain control of her finances by convincing her to sign a Lasting Power of Attorney document.
But the scam came to a head when Ms Kam made it clear she would not sign over the properties.
The pair then lured her to her three-bedroom property in Barnet where she was strangled with a hairdryer cord during a violent struggle.
The pair were found guilty of murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.
In sentencing both to life in prison, with a minimum term of 35 years, the Recorder of London, Judge Mark Lucraft KC said: "El-Abboud, it might be said that Al-Jundi played the lead role in the long-running defrauding of Louise, but I draw no distinction on the sentence to be passed on the two of you.
"The evidence clearly shows what you did and did willingly and that you, along with Al-Jundi, did what you did out of greed."
The judge's sentencing remarks can be read in full at: www.judiciary....
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31 янв 2023
