The smiling selfie girl of gansters after beating man to death

Three teenage drug runners have been convicted of the ruthless killing of a homeless man after selfies and videos they tool on the night of their crime were used to snare them place them. Anthony Marks, 51, was hit with a car bonnet before being chased down, stamped on and beaten with a gin bottle in a vicious county lines retribution attack carried out by two girls and a boy.

He was discovered by police with serious injuries to his face and arms having collapsed at King's Cross Station in London at around 5:25am on Saturday, 10 August 2024. He died from his injuries in hospital on Saturday, 14 September 2024 prompting police to launch a murder investigation. Chilling photographs from the night show the teenagers - who can now be named as they are aged over 18 - posing for selfies both before and after they carried out the brutal execution.

Met detectives secured the conviction after tracking the assailants across CCTV footage, identifying suspects from across London and tracing the drug gang through forensic analysis of mobile phones to piece together the events of the night.

Jaidee Bingham, aged 16 at the time of the attack and known as 'Ghost', Eymaiyah Lee Bradshaw-McKoy, then aged 16, and Mia Campos-Jorge, then aged 17, were convicted at the Old Bailey on Thursday, 30 October.

Bingham, now 18 , of Dagenham, was unanimously found guilty of murder whilst accomplice Bradshaw-McKoy, now 18, of Lambeth, was found guilty of manslaughter by a majority verdict.

Campos-Jorge, now 19 of Tottenham, was also found guilty of manslaughter by a majority verdict.

Detective Inspector Jim Barry, of the Met's Specialist Crime North, who led this investigation, said: "This is a particularly callous murder that gives an insight into the ruthless brutality of county lines gangs.

"The ages of Bingham, Bradshaw-McKoy and Campos-Jorge are particularly shocking. But the fact that they were teenagers does not excuse their violent actions as part of a drug line that has brought fear and intimidation to London's streets.

"They believed they had escaped justice, even posing for selfies together and laughing about what they had done. There is a sense of justice that officers were able to use these to place them at the scene of the crime.

"This verdict shows how the Met is taking the fight to criminal gangs and committed to getting justice for their victims."

Bingham, Bradshaw-McKoy and Campos-Jorge started their work for the county-lines drug gang on the evening of Friday, 9 August.

After one of the girls was robbed, Bingham was tasked with finding out who had taken the drugs. They believed Mr Marks knew what had happened and confronted him in the bin shed where he was sheltering at 5am on Saturday, 10 August.

After an altercation, he was chased from Argyle Street to Whidbourne Street by Bingham and Bradshaw-McKoy, with CCTV footage showing Bradshaw-McKoy wielding long object, believed to be a car bumper.

In a brutal attack, Mr Marks was repeatedly kicked and hit over the head with a glass bottle. They only left when a member of the public chased them off, armed with a cricket bat.

Police found the victim covered in blood in King's Cross Station later that morning, after he stumbled into the transport hub begging for help.

Met officers were able to interview Mr Marks and use CCTV to create a detailed picture of the night when he was attacked.

In the following days, they located the teenage suspects at their homes across south, north and east London, and seized their mobile devices.

Images and video footage placed them together at an apartment streets from the scene, with messages between them appearing to reference the incident.

Officers were then able to secure footage that tracked them from the crime back to the apartment, building the case that led to their conviction.

Bingham was arrested on Friday, 4 October 2024 and was charged with murder on Sunday, 6 October.

Bradshaw-McKoy was arrested on Thursday, 28 November 2024 and was charged with murder on Monday, 29 November. Campos-Jorge was arrested on Monday, 9 December 2024 and was charged with murder on the same day.

The jury could not reach a decision in relation to drug user Harry Gittins, 36, of King's Cross, who was charged with murder. A further hearing will now take place at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 5 November, to determine if the CPS push for a re-trial.