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| A convicted drug dealer has been jailed for life for murdering an ex-British boxing champion in a row over smoking. | |
| James Oyebola, 46, a former heavyweight champion, was shot in the neck at Chateau 6 in Fulham, south-west London. | James Oyebola, 46, a former heavyweight champion, was shot in the neck at Chateau 6 in Fulham, south-west London. |
| Kanyanta Mulenga, 23, from Putney, south-west London, denied murdering Mr Oyebola after he asked a group of men to stop smoking, the Old Bailey heard. | Kanyanta Mulenga, 23, from Putney, south-west London, denied murdering Mr Oyebola after he asked a group of men to stop smoking, the Old Bailey heard. |
| Mulenga was told he must serve a minimum of 28 years in prison for the attack in July 2007. | Mulenga was told he must serve a minimum of 28 years in prison for the attack in July 2007. |
| 'Most trivial' | |
| Judge Peter Rook told the killer: "This was nothing short of a brutal killing carried out for the most trivial of reasons." | Judge Peter Rook told the killer: "This was nothing short of a brutal killing carried out for the most trivial of reasons." |
| Mulenga gunned down Mr Oyebola with a converted replica automatic pistol three weeks after the ban on lighting up in public places came into force in July last year. | |
| James Oyebola was said to be in a happy mood that night, politely telling people that they should not smoke. Judge Peter Rook | |
| He had managed to walk into the bar with the gun hidden in his waistband because the metal detector at the venue was out of use. | |
| The judge said, while he had not gone there intending to kill, he clearly had the gun with him, intending to use it if necessary. | |
| Mr Oyebola, who won a bronze medal in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, was enjoying a quiet drink when trouble erupted. | Mr Oyebola, who won a bronze medal in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, was enjoying a quiet drink when trouble erupted. |
| After seeing Mr Oyebola stand up next to one friend, Mulenga pulled the gun from his waistband and fired a warning shot - but the former boxer "stood his ground" so the gunman turned the weapon on him. | |
| Judge Rook said: "This is a truly tragic case. James Oyebola was said to be in a happy mood that night, politely telling people that they should not smoke." | |
| He told the gunman: "You are part of the gun culture that blights our cities." | |
| Mulenga had been jailed for 30 months in September 2005 for possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. |