Olubunmi Abodunde, the Nigerian man who beat his wife to death with the skateboard of their son, has been jailed for life in the United Kingdom.
Abodunde, 48, and Taiwo Abodunde, 41, relocated to the UK from Nigeria with their children in 2022.
Taiwo started working as a health care assistant nurse at a care home in Cambridge while Olubunmi, a civil engineer, was not able to find work in his profession. He later started work at Tesco and Wickes and there were arguments over bills.
He was sentenced on May 9, 2024, at Ipswich Crown Court for killing Taiwo at their Exning Road home in Newmarket, Suffolk on November 28, 2023, the day after he was bailed by police.
Olubunmi changed his plea to guilty during the third day of his trial last month, having earlier denied murder.
Judge Martyn Levett described the attack as ‘cold blooded and callous’ before he sentenced Olubunmi to a compulsory life sentence.
Levett ruled he should serve a minimum of 17 years in prison before being considered for parole.
During the case last month, the Stephen Spence, the prosecutor said Abodunde was a jealous man who had accused his wife of having extra-marital affairs throughout their marriage.
He told the court that there were also disputes over bills and money, with frequent arguments and violence from both parties.
On November 27, 2023, Olubunmi was arrested after a dispute and bailed but he was banned from returning to the family home or contacting his wife but he returned shortly the next day before his wife finished work and killed her between 9.12am and 9.20am.
Apart from being beaten to death, there were signs she had been strangled and stamped on.
After he changed his plea, the jury returned a guilty verdict.