A youngster accused of murdering a girl stabbed her to demise inside hours of renting a room from her, a courtroom heard.Enzo Bettamio, 18, appeared through video hyperlink on the Outdated Bailey on Tuesday after being extradited from the United Arab Emirates final week.He's charged with the homicide of 27-year-old Kamonnan Thiamphanit, often known as …
A youngster accused of murdering a girl stabbed her to demise inside hours of renting a room from her, a courtroom heard.
Enzo Bettamio, 18, appeared through video hyperlink on the Outdated Bailey on Tuesday after being extradited from the United Arab Emirates final week.
He’s charged with the homicide of 27-year-old Kamonnan Thiamphanit, often known as Angela.
Ms Thiamphanit was discovered lifeless at her dwelling in Stanhope Place, close to Hyde Park in London, on the morning of 8 April 2024 after police compelled entry to the property. She had suffered a number of stab wounds.
Prosecutor Nadeem Holland mentioned on Tuesday that Bettamio, then aged 16, killed Ms Thiamphanit throughout a interval of simply 24 hours within the UK in 2024.
The defendant had arrived within the nation on a flight from Los Angeles on 5 April 2024. He’s then alleged to have used Airbnb to e book a room for a month at Ms Thiamphanit’s property.
The courtroom heard that Ms Thiamphanit spent that night enjoying board video games with mates, earlier than leaving within the early hours of 6 April, saying there was an emergency on the Stanhope Place deal with.
Mr Holland mentioned an Uber dropped her off there at 4.24am, and that it was the final time she was bodily seen alive.
Round 13 hours later, the defendant allegedly hailed a black cab on close by Bayswater Highway to take him to an airport, the place he purchased a ticket to Dubai.
Ms Thiamphanit’s mates turned involved and alerted police, who discovered her physique inside her dwelling on 8 April.
“She had sustained a number of stab wounds throughout her physique,” Mr Holland advised the courtroom.
“A big silver knife was protruding from the facet of her neck.”
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Bettamio, a twin Brazilian and Italian nationwide, and worldwide kart racer, was extradited again to the UK on 24 April this 12 months.
Upon arrival, he was arrested and brought to Charing Cross Police Station, the place he was charged with homicide.
Decide Simon Mayo KC set a plea listening to for 14 July and a provisional trial from 1 February subsequent 12 months
Bettamio was remanded into custody.
