A Croydon Crown Court in the United Kingdom has convicted Nigerian Samuel Odupitan who was accused of stabbing a hotel worker to death in an attempt to steal his Gucci bag.
The 24-year-old stabbed Tyler Roye six times as he was making his way home after work in south London on February 26, Igbere TV reports.
Prosecutors said Mr Odupitan had come across his 24-year-old victim on the tram and then “murdered him in cold blood for the sake of a designer bag.”
Odupitan had also previously pleaded guilty to four counts of robbery over the attack.
The court heard that the victim, after the attack, managed to make it to a friend’s house before collapsing inside. He later died in a hospital.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Odupitan had first been spotted on CCTV, while analysis of his phone found numerous images of knives as well as a video of him driving around in a car armed with a blade.
The Nigerian is expected to be sentenced on December 7.
