Overview
- Matthew Adebiyi, 25, was flown from Nigeria and charged with Joshua Boadu’s 2018 murder on Wednesday, with an initial hearing due at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court the same day.
- Police say Adebiyi is believed to be part of the group linked to the killing, which included Denilson Davis and a then‑16‑year‑old already convicted in 2019.
- Davis received 21 years and the teenager 15 years after an Old Bailey jury found them guilty of murdering Boadu, who was 23.
- Investigators traced a Peugeot used in the attack, matched fingerprints and DNA from the car, recovered a hunting knife and phone that Davis admitted owning, and reviewed CCTV that captured movements before and after the stabbing.
- Boadu was ambushed on Linsey Street in Bermondsey on June 11, 2018, suffered chest, neck, and arm wounds, and died ten days later after his life support was withdrawn, a loss his family says still shapes their lives.