The accused. DailyMail
Two rich Nigerians who battered a fellow scholar with a shisha pipe in an argument over who had the richest father have been spared jail.
Mailonline reviews that Elvis Ilonze, 20, who has had his Mercedes automotive coated in fur, attacked his childhood pal, Prince Nnaji, within the flat they shared in Brighton, East Suss3x.
Nnaji tried to flee from the flat however Ilonze, alongside together with his pal, Daniel Oluyemi, 24, chased him and beat him up with a wine bottle on April 7 final yr about 10pm.
Nnaji’s girlfriend, Louanna Rayawa, tried to cease the assault, however was pushed to the bottom by Ilonze.
The pair additionally assaulted a legislation scholar, Chiedozie Dibiagwu, 23, who was sitting on a chair close by and witnessed Nnaji being assaulted.
Nnaji and Ilonze had recognized one another from Nigeria, however when Nnaji dared to recommend that he had the richer father, Ilonze determined to “teach him a lesson.”
Ilonze and Oluyemi each pleaded responsible to 2 counts of assault occasioning grievous bodily hurt and had been spared jail on the Old Bailey.
‘Privileged’ Ilonze got here to the UK to check a four-year Masters of Engineering diploma on the University of Suss3x, and is one yr away from finishing his course.
His lawyer, Tom Hoskins, mentioned Ilonze confronted deportation again to Nigeria if he got a sentence of multiple yr in custody.
Oluyemi, who's coaching to turn out to be an accountant on the identical college, is anticipating a little one in September or October.
His lawyer, Johnathan Page, mentioned the precise place for him was at dwelling, making ready for the “momentous occasion,” not in jail.
Judge Christine Laing QC spared the ‘cosseted’ pair jail, suspending a one-year custodial sentence for 18 months to present them ‘one last chance.’
The decide mentioned, “Unlike most of the individuals who go by way of the courts, you each come from backgrounds of privilege.
“It couldn’t be extra infantile, successfully an insult on any person’s dad and mom – who’s obtained the richer dad – that began this combat.
“You both appear to be incredibly immature, perhaps as a result of being cosseted in your upbringing.”
The decide also said that the pair, although immature, “have much to contribute to society.”
Both Ilonze and Oluyemi thanked the decide for sparing them jail earlier than leaving the Old Bailey dock.
Ilonze of Hendon and Oluyemi of Colindale, North London, admitted to 2 counts of assault occasioning precise bodily hurt.
They had been every given a one-year jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.