Overview
- Judge Nirmal Shant KC confirmed a life sentence is mandatory and scheduled sentencing for 5 February at Nottingham Crown Court.
- Emergency services found 23-year-old Steph Irons fatally wounded in her Westdale Lane home on 21 October after co-workers raised concerns.
- Investigators say Adegbola fled after the attack, discarding blood-stained trainers and a jumper, and traveled through Mansfield, Worksop, Sheffield and Hull.
- He returned to Nottingham the next morning to hand himself in at Oxclose Police Station, gave no comment in interviews, and was charged after police compiled CCTV, digital and witness evidence.
- Irons’ family paid tribute to a “bright young star” with ambitions in clinical psychology, and the lead investigator praised their strength throughout the case.