50-year-old Robert Powell was brutally murdered outside a party in Essex in what investigators believed was a planned, targeted hit – carried out in front of his two sons. A truly shocking and deeply distressing crime.
Thanks to determined and meticulous police work, the main suspect, Nana Oppong (pictured), was tracked down after fleeing the UK immediately after the killing. He travelled to Spain, before attempting to cross into Morocco hidden in the back of a lorry, using a fake Maltese passport. He was intercepted at Tangier Port and returned to the UK to face justice.
Oppong later stood trial for Powell’s murder – but his courtroom history added a dramatic twist. On three previous occasions, he had faced murder charges…and been acquitted every time. Would this be the fourth?