Robber guilty of murder over missing BMW bike

A robber who shot a man at point-blank range in a row over a missing stolen BMW motorbike has been found guilty of murder.

Joshua Eno shot Rico Andrews, 21, in the chest in Battersea, south-west London, on October 5 2023, the Old Bailey was told.

A shout of “that’s karma” was heard as he made off on the back of a moped driven by fellow robber Tyrone Attwood, the court heard.

Emergency services were called and Mr Andrews was pronounced dead at the scene.

Prosecutor Brian O’Neill KC had told jurors the killing was over a missing BMW motorbike that had been stolen by Eno and Attwood during the course of a robbery at the BMW Battersea dealership earlier that day.

He had said: “That motorbike had been stolen from where they had parked it following the robbery. Believing that Rico Andrews had stolen it from them, they sought him out and went to confront him.

“In the course of that confrontation, Joshua Eno produced a firearm and shot Rico Andrews in the chest at point-blank range.”

Eno, 25, was arrested outside a probation office days later and a large hunting knife was found in the waistband of his trousers, which he later admitted possessing.

The defendant, from Tooting, south-west London, denied murder, claiming the victim was accidentally shot with his own gun in the midst of a struggle.

Giving evidence, he said that losing a stolen motorbike was an “occupational hazard” of being a robber and the gun went off in Mr Andrews’s hand.

He did not tell police the injuries were self-inflicted during a “scrabble” because he feared reprisals if he “snitched” on Mr Andrews, the defendant claimed.

The court was told Mr Andrews had a folding pocket knife in his jacket at the time of his death and was linked by DNA to another Rambo knife found nearby. Neither the gun nor the stolen BMW valued at £19,000 was ever recovered.

On Tuesday, an Old Bailey jury found Eno guilty of murder following a retrial.

Members of Mr Andrews’s family wiped away tears in court as the verdict was delivered.

Previously, Eno was convicted of the robbery at the Battersea BMW dealership.

The court was told he had also admitted the theft of a Harley Davidson motorbike on the same day.

Eno had further previous convictions for having machetes, making threats to kill and was in breach of a suspended sentence for assaulting a female prison officer at the time of the shooting.

Attwood, 34, from Battersea, was acquitted of Mr Andrews’s murder following a trial last year.

He was convicted of the BMW robbery following a retrial and jailed for seven years.

Judge Philip Katz KC adjourned sentencing until October 6 and remanded Eno into custody.