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The 41-year-old was rushed to infirmary but tragically died 4 days later
- Ethan Singh, News Reporter
- Published: 20:46, 4 Feb 2025
- Updated: 20:46, 4 Feb 2025
A SELF-CONFESSED "monster" bushed a apical cook to decease earlier leaving him successful the thoroughfare to spell clubbing, a tribunal has heard.
Mussie Imnetu, who worked under Gordon Ramsay, was discovered unconscious with catastrophic encephalon injuries adjacent the Notting Hill Carnival connected August 26 past year.
The 41-year-old was rushed to infirmary but tragically died 4 days later.
Omar Wilson, 31, punched and kicked Imnetu extracurricular Dr Power edifice successful Queensway, westbound London, the Old Bailey was told.
The convulsive incidental was caught connected CCTV and began erstwhile Wilson approached Mr Imnetu and headbutted him, authoritative Jacob Hallam KC said.
About a infinitesimal later, Wilson punched Mr Imnetu 5 times successful the head, causing him to autumn to the floor.
Wilson, who is presently self-employed and is simply a manager for a charity, continued to punch Mr Imnetu repeatedly arsenic helium was connected his hands and knees and past kicked him successful the head, jurors heard.
Mr Hallam said: "The suspect had, by that point, struck him to his caput much than a twelve times. Mr Imnetu had struck the suspect not once."
After the attack, Wilson allegedly went clubbing successful the Ministry of Sound and allegedly told an subordinate that helium "crossed the line".
Prosecutor Jacob Hallam KC told jurors: "At the extremity of that altercation, Mr Imnetu was dying connected the ground, and the suspect near and went clubbing successful the Ministry of Sound."
In a message, helium allegedly said: "There's a monster successful me, man, and it's conscionable similar sometimes it comes out.
"And I deliberation I've messed up now, I've messed up, everything's finished."
Asked however the carnival was going, helium replied: "Can't lie. I did the hands ting (sic) and I deliberation it's a manslaughter," jurors heard.
Wilson besides allegedly dropped his sunglasses and keys astatine the scene.
The horror unfolded aft Mussie, who is the caput cook astatine Arts Club successful Dubai, near the restaurant's sister venue successful Dover Street, Mayfair.
Mr Imnetu, who worked astatine The Arts Club, was taken to infirmary and died 4 days later, having ne'er regained consciousness.
He was visiting the UK on business from Dubai where helium lives and works.
As good arsenic collaborating with Gordon Ramsay, helium had besides worked for MasterChef host Marcus Wareing and Alain Ducasse.
Following his apprehension connected 28 August, 2024, Wilson told constabulary helium had struck the unfortunate successful "self-defence".
He claimed Mr Imnetu was behaving erratically, harassing girls, and had a bottle.
After being shown CCTV of Mr Imnetu being assaulted, Wilson said it "seems excessive now" and watching it was "f*****g disgusting", jurors were told.
Wilson, of Napier Road, Leytonstone, eastbound London, has denied murder.
The proceedings continues.