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A man has been found guilty of murdering a former champion boxer in a row over smoking at a south-west London nightclub. A man has been found guilty of the murder of a former champion boxer in a row over smoking at a London nightclub.
At his Old Bailey trial, Kanyata Mulenga, 33, of Putney, had denied murdering James Oyebola. Kanyata Mulenga, 23, from Putney, shot James Oyebola in the neck and leg in July 2007 at Chateau 6, in Fulham in south-west London.
Mr Oyebola, 46, died four days after he was shot in the neck and leg in July 2007 at the Chateau 6 club in Fulham. A jury at the Old Bailey heard how Mulenga, who had denied murder, fired at Mr Oyebola, 46, after he asked a group of men to stop smoking.
He was shot when he asked a group to stop smoking, three weeks after the smoking ban began in England. Prosecutor Jeremy Donne described the attack as "particularly senseless".
Mr Oyebola was a former British heavyweight boxing champion. Mr Oyebola, a former British heavyweight boxing champion, died four days after the shooting in July 2007, which happened three weeks after the smoking ban began in England.
'Giant against kids'
Father-of-three Mr Oyebola asked a group in a "perfectly pleasant way" to extinguish their cigarettes in the club's garden area, which counted as enclosed premises because it had a roof, the court heard.
A witness said Mr Oyebola was then jostled by three men.
"He thought it looked like a giant against kids," said Mr Donne.
Mulenga then fired off four shots with a converted replica Baikal automatic pistol.
Two hit Mr Oyebola and he died in hospital without regaining consciousness.
Last month Rene McKoy, 20, of Battersea, and 24-year-old Dean Francis, of Wandsworth, south London, had murder charges against them dropped.Last month Rene McKoy, 20, of Battersea, and 24-year-old Dean Francis, of Wandsworth, south London, had murder charges against them dropped.
The case against Cyle Carth, 18, of Wimbledon, south-west London, who was also charged with the murder, was also discontinued.The case against Cyle Carth, 18, of Wimbledon, south-west London, who was also charged with the murder, was also discontinued.
He faces a separate trial over Mr Oyebola's killing.He faces a separate trial over Mr Oyebola's killing.