Ilford nightclub stabbing: Three found guilty of killing Ricardo Fuller

Ricardo Fuller collapsed on the dancefloor of a club known as Discoteca No Problem

Three men have been found guilty of killing a partygoer who was stabbed in the neck after a row at a nightclub.

Ricardo Fuller, 24, collapsed on the dancefloor after being chased and repeatedly stabbed outside the venue in Ilford, east London, in March 2020.

Edmund Tucker, 32, and Emmanuel Tamwesigire, 31, were convicted of murder. Jermaine Ahenkorah, 30, was found guilty of manslaughter.

The three were remanded into custody to be sentenced at a later date.

Mr Fuller had been at a party in the Discoteca No Problem when a group of five men arrived shortly before 05:00 GMT and there was a "verbal confrontation" with the victim, prosecution barrister Danny Robinson KC told the Old Bailey.

Describing CCTV footage of the attack, he said: "Once Mr Fuller left the club, he was chased by these three defendants and the two other men up and down Ilford High Road.

"The five men acted together and Mr Fuller was chased down. He suffered three stab wounds, one to his neck and two more to his back.

"The stab wound to his neck severed the carotid artery, resulting in massive blood loss."

Police and the ambulance service were called to the scene and found Mr Fuller collapsed, jurors were told.

He was taken to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel where he died later that morning.

Giving evidence at their murder trial, Tucker, of no fixed address, claimed he acted in self defence, while Tamwesigire, of Chingford, east London, admitted punching the victim but not inflicting a fatal wound. Ahenkorah, of no fixed address, claimed he was just running after his friends.

However, Mr Robinson said the three defendants had acted together with two others, who are believed to be abroad and are wanted on suspicion of murder.

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