Three guilty of killing male model in London
A FASHION model has been found guilty of killing his more successful rival in a row over a girlfriend.
George Koh, 24, stabbed Harry Uzoka in the heart after he went to settle the dispute, accompanied by two friends.
Mr Uzoka, 25, who was armed only with a dumbbell bar, collapsed and died in the street outside his Shepherd’s Bush home.
Koh had denied murder, claiming he carried two knives because he was scared Mr Uzoka and his friends would beat him up. But an Old Bailey jury found him guilty of murder, along with his machete-wielding friend Merse Dikanda, 24. Personal trainer Jonathan Okigbo, also 24, was convicted of manslaughter. All three men will be sentenced on September 21.
Mr Uzoka was signed with London’s Premier Model Management agency and had recently landed a film role but became annoyed by the less successful copycat Koh, who was said to resemble him.
The relationship deteriorated after Koh bragged to Paris-based model Annecetta Lafon that he had sex with Mr Uzoka’s girlfriend, fellow model Ruby Campbell.
On January 11, Mr Uzoka received a message from Koh saying: “Where you I’ll come there n we can fight bring ur friends with u.” Mr Uzoka replied: “Come Shepherd’s Bush.”
The defendants took a minicab and confronted Mr Uzoka and his flatmate Adrian Harper outside their address.
Mr Harper, who also had a metal pole, told jurors: “I would not have gone out if I had thought knives would be used.”