A social media boss who stabbed his stepdad 44 times after a five-day drugs binge in Ibiza has been locked up indefinitely.
Adejuwon Oyekan, 32, killed Jason Thompson, 54, at his flat in Hayes, west London, on July 11, 2023, two days after he returned from the holiday island.
His sister called the police saying he had ‘lost his mind’, and officers found Oyekan kneeling over Mr Thompson when they arrived.
One described how he became enraged and looked ‘inhuman’ and ‘evil’ as he carried on stabbing his stepfather, despite attempts to restrain him with a taser.
After being arrested Oyekan told police: ‘You’re telling me I’m here because I killed my dad, why would I kill my dad? I love my dad.’
Oyekan, who has since been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
Judge Alexia Durran KC imposed a hospital order with restrictions at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
The court heard Oyekan was the co-owner of a social media management company with his close friend Max Webber.
Before the killing, they had gone on a business trip to the Balearic party island of Ibiza to meet clients.
Oyekan took a cocktail of drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy, during a four to five-day ‘binge’, triggering his psychotic illness, the court heard.
He gave away his belongings, including a £20,000 Rolex watch and Louis Vuitton luggage, before returning to the UK.
His family had become concerned about his behaviour and unsuccessfully sought medical help, the court was told.
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Early on July 11, police received a call from Oyekan’s sister who reported he had ‘lost his mind’.
Officers found him with a large kitchen knife in a bedroom at the family home in Hayes, west London.
He was said to be kneeling over Mr Thompson looking wide-eyed and with no emotion.
One of the officers described how Oyekan became enraged and looked ‘inhuman’ and ‘evil’.
Despite being tasered, he stabbed his stepfather repeatedly, with the most serious wounds in the neck and chest.
Prosecutor Louise Oakley said he was clearly psychotic as he shouted at officers who tried to detain him.
He had demanded ‘a remote island for him and his family’ and somewhere that was ‘cyber secure’, she told the court.
Oyekan shouted aggressively: ‘I’m going to be very calm and collected because I’m a calm and collected guy.’
Ms Oakley said there was evidence that he had been under stress before the Ibiza trip.
She said: ‘There were stresses within his employment with his work and he was very much feeling the burden of his business and mistrusting of his business partner, who had been a friend for many years, and on the face of it no reason to do so.
‘There had been a number of reports of misuse of drugs in Ibiza and giving away high-value property to random strangers.’
She added: ‘In this case, while the drug use affected the defendant and exacerbated the symptoms he was suffering, he was plainly unwell prior to the taking of drugs.
‘They did not help but independent of that there is a mental health diagnosis.’
Members of Mr Thompson’s family described their ‘gut-wrenching’ devastation and shock at the ‘horrific’ killing, saying he was more than a statistic and crime report.
Relative Kariba Rhooms said: ‘Femi, you have a mental disorder, accept it and stay away from drugs.
‘We recognise that you are unwell. We can have compassion for that, but it does not erase what you have done.’
Mother Veronica Thompson said: ‘Eighteen months ago I said goodbye to my beautiful son Jason.
‘That was the worst day of my life. You were such a lovely soul, so loving, so kind, so considerate.
‘Jason was a massive, truly massive, West Ham supporter. I replay memories of how excited you would get about them playing every moment I can.’
In mitigation, Kevin Metzger said Oyekan’s family had sought help before the tragedy.
He suggested that if Oyekan had seen a medical professional on July 10, 2023, the tragedy could have been averted.
Referring to a letter Oyekan wrote to the court, Mr Metzger said: ‘It comes from the very heart.
‘On that disastrous day he lost so much more than his liberty. The fact he has done what he has done to somebody he considered his father, a person he loved, with whom he bonded over their mutual love of sports, music and fashion, it is clear he has lost something irrevocable.
‘He is deeply and profoundly sorry to the very core of his being.’
Sentencing, Judge Durran told Oyekan: ‘You are clearly an articulate and intelligent man.
‘You appear to be working hard to address your mental health whilst in hospital.’
She told the court the defendant had no history of violence and had enjoyed a close relationship with his stepfather.
She said: ‘In my judgment your mental illness effectively overwhelmed you.
‘I am entirely satisfied that you need ongoing, probably lifelong, treatment.’
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