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A British court on Wednesday sentenced the teenage daughter of a Nigerian millionaire resident in the United Kingdom to a life jail term for murder.....
A British court on Wednesday sentenced the teenage daughter of a Nigerian millionaire resident in the United Kingdom to a life jail term for murder.
Kemi Adeyoola, who was convicted on Tuesday, was 17 when she stabbed 84-year-old Anne Mendel 14 times during a burglary in March 2005 at her home in Golders Green, north-west London.
She was accused of killing Mendel after writing a murder manual.
"You are a remorseless and cold-blooded killer who is a danger to the public," said Judge Richard Hone.
Setting a minimum sentence of 20 years in jail, the judge said Adeyoola might have gone on to kill again.
Hone said, "I think you actually wanted to experience what it felt like to kill someone in cold blood, possibly so you could write about it, but more probably so you could boast about it and possibly even do it again."
The judge said he had had the opportunity to observe Adeyoola's "performance" during the trial, adding, "you are intelligent, manipulative and skilled in deceit way beyond your years."
Her father, Mr. Bola Adeyoola, a property management tycoon, described what she did as 'evil". He said, 'When I saw Mrs. Mendel's picture, I started crying. If I was a member of that lady's family, I don't know what my reaction would be."
'As a Christian, I can't believe anyone would do that. What she did was evil. She is no longer my daughter. I don't even like her."
He said Adeyoola had not had a deprived childhood but that he had lost touch with her when, aged 11, she was taken away by her mother following a row over money.
Adeyoola was privately educated and her mother was said to have received a £4million settlement on her divorce.
He blamed his daughter's obsession with money and material goods on her mother.
'Kemi was very kind, very loving when she was young," said her father. 'She has changed."
Adeyoola, a former boxer, whose business involves letting houses in Slough, Berkshire, said he tried to help Adeyoola and a friend of hers on their release from Bullwood Hall young offenders' institution in Essex.
'I tried to help but she threw it back in my face," he added