Overview
- Adedapo Adegbola, 40, was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years for murdering 23-year-old Stephanie Irons.
- Prosecutors said he forced his way into her Mapperley flat on October 21, stabbed her in the neck, locked the door, fled across several cities, and surrendered to police the next day.
- Court heard he purchased knives from a B&M store on October 16, with the prosecution stating one was used to kill Ms Irons and later to cut himself.
- After the killing, Adegbola sent sexually explicit photographs of Ms Irons to their work WhatsApp group, described by prosecutors as a final act of humiliation.
- Nottinghamshire Police have charged Mary Onolunosen with assisting an offender, with a first appearance set for March 6 at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.