After Walking Free From 3 Murder Trials, Killer Is Finally Jailed for Life

Published on May 31, 2024

LONDON—A “high level” drug dealer, who had previously defied prosecutors and walked free after being tried for three separate murders, has been jailed for life after a jury convicted him of a fourth killing. On Friday Mr. Justice Joel Bennathan, KC ordered Nana Oppong, 44, to serve a minimum of 38 years behind bars and described him as an “extremely dangerous man.” Oppong led a seven-man gang who tracked Robert “Fox” Powell to a birthday party in Roydon in rural Essex and shot him as he left in the early hours of June 13, 2020 with his two sons. Mr. Justice Bennathan said Oppong was “probably” the gunman but he said he could not be sure, but it did not matter as he was clearly the leader of the group and was in charge of the planning for the attack....

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