Three teenagers have been handed prison sentences for their roles in the fatal attack on a homeless man near London's King's Cross station, a crime they chillingly commemorated with selfies and celebratory videos.
A Fatal "Punishment" Beating
Eymaiyah Lee Bradshaw-McKoy, 18, Mia Campos-Jorge, 19, and Jaidee Bingham, 18, were convicted for the killing of 51-year-old Anthony Marks on 10 August 2024. The court heard the assault was a retaliatory act, a so-called "punishment" beating, after one of the young women, who worked as a drug runner, was robbed.
Mr Marks was chased and beaten by the group. The fatal blow was delivered by drug dealer Jaidee Bingham, known as "Ghost", who struck the victim twice over the head with a glass bottle after he had already fallen to the ground. This caused a catastrophic head injury and bleeding on the brain.
Chilling Celebrations and Missed Opportunities
Photographs from that night show the teenagers, then aged 16 and 17, laughing together before and after the violent assault. Their callousness extended to video recordings made as they left the scene in a car with false number plates. In a celebratory mood, one of the group was heard saying: "We messed up a man today."
Audio from a nearby CCTV camera captured voices shouting encouragement during the attack, including: "Hit him again. Kick kicking. Do it again. Have you learned your lesson yet?"
Staff at King's Cross station found Mr Marks stumbling near the main concourse with blood dripping from his head just before 6am and alerted emergency services. He was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington in a critical condition.
Despite undergoing emergency surgery, Anthony Marks died from his injuries on 14 September 2024, five weeks after the attack. Prosecutor Hugh Davies KC noted there were "missed opportunities" for medical intervention, but stated Mr Marks would not have died had he not been assaulted in the first place.
Sentencing at the Old Bailey
At the Old Bailey on Monday 5 January 2026, the three were sentenced for their crimes. Jaidee Bingham, from Dagenham, was found guilty of murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years.
Judge Mark Dennis KC said Bingham had "elevated" the confrontation by picking up the bottle and using it with "severe violence".
Eymaiyah Bradshaw-McKoy, from Brixton, and Mia Campos-Jorge, from Tottenham, were convicted of manslaughter. They were sentenced to 47 months and 42 months in prison respectively.
The police investigation pieced together the events using CCTV footage and forensic analysis of mobile phones, which contained damning evidence including Snapchat messages.
