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Old Bailey Convicts Teen of Deptford Murder Over Stolen Bike

Sentencing now awaits in a case that also yielded a conviction for perverting the course of justice linked to the killer’s flight to Nigeria.

Overview

  • On February 10, 2026, Jackson Uwagboe, 19, was found guilty of murdering 21-year-old Robert Robinson in Deptford.
  • Uwagboe was also convicted of robbing a 17-year-old earlier that day and of possessing a bladed article.
  • Jurors heard Robinson was chased and stabbed at least 12 times on Carteret Way on June 6, 2024, in violence sparked by the stolen bicycle.
  • Eromosele Omoluogbe, 24, was convicted of perverting the course of justice for buying Uwagboe a ticket to Lagos and driving him to Heathrow.
  • Detectives built the case using hundreds of hours of CCTV plus phone, bank and DNA evidence, while co-defendants Ryan Wedderburn and Kirk Harris are already serving life terms.