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Drug Dealer Who Kicked Stranger to Death in Leicester Guilty of Murder
Chukwuemeka Ahanonu, high on cannabis and recently released from prison, was convicted of murder after a random, violent attack that killed 56-year-old Nila Patel, court heard.
- On Monday, March 23, 2026, a Leicester Crown Court jury convicted Chukwuemeka Ahanonu of murdering 56-year-old Nila Patel, rejecting his plea of manslaughter based on diminished responsibility.
- Following a vehicle crash near Leicester Royal Infirmary on June 24 last year, Ahanonu launched a random attack after driving erratically through the city centre.
- Police seized dealer bags of cannabis worth more than £3,000 from his car, and Ahanonu had been released from prison 12 months prior to the attack.
- Ms Patel suffered a fractured skull and brain injury, dying in hospital two days later; Detective Inspector Emma Matts of Leicestershire Police called it "the most horrific, violent and random attack by a stranger."
- Sentencing for Ahanonu is scheduled for today, Tuesday, March 24, 2026; he had also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, possession with intent to supply class B drugs, and assaulting an emergency worker.
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