Wembley: Two men guilty of Halloween partygoer murder

Givani Espuet was chased and attacked by a group of men

Two men have been found guilty of murdering a Halloween partygoer outside a north-west London nightclub.

Givani Espuet, 21, died after he was stabbed in the heart outside the Aura Lounge nightclub in Wembley on 30 October 2022.

The Old Bailey heard a "furious row" had broken out inside the venue that "spilled out on to the street" and Mr Espuet was stabbed.

Kadeem Hibbert, 29, and Sahid Kpaka, 27, were found guilty of his murder.

The jury heard Mr Espuet was with some friends at the club, where a Halloween event was being held. Hibbert was also there and had been celebrating his birthday.

At about 02:00 GMT, he began arguing with Mr Espuet and his friends, and when they all went outside "physical violence erupted", prosecutor Tony Badenoch KC said.

Kadeem Hibbert (l) and Sahid Kpaka were both found guilty of murder

The court was told the victim was chased along a road by Hibbert and his friends, who attacked him in full view of queuing traffic and an ambulance.

Espuet then collapsed to the ground while the group repeatedly "kicked, punched and stabbed him".

"These defendants stabbed an unarmed man" before fleeing the scene by car and on foot, Mr Badenoch KC said.

Mr Espuet died at the scene from blood loss.

Six men were charged over the killing.

A fight broke out in the Aura Lounge before the killing

Courtney Forrester, 25, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

Theo Simon, 33, Bruce Hutchinson, 29, and Andre Brown-Watson, 36, were found not guilty of murder and manslaughter.

Hibbert, Hutchinson and Brown-Watson were convicted of violent disorder, to which Forrester and Kpaka had pleaded guilty.

Mr Simon was cleared of all charges.

Hibbert, of no fixed address; Hutchinson, of no fixed address; Forrester, of Luton; Kpaka, of Wood Green; and Brown-Watson, of Haringey, will be sentenced on a date yet to be fixed.

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