A gang of five robbers have been found guilty of fatally stabbing a Greek tourist after following him from the same multimillion-pound party mansion where Bonnie Blue slept with 1,000 men.
Antonis Antoniadis, 26, was targeted after getting out of an Uber outside a friend’s house, while on the way home from 32 Portland Place nightclub, in Marylebone, west London.
The five killers had parked outside the club, owned by Edward ‘Fast Eddie’ Davenport, in a stolen Kia Sportage, looking for victims to rob.
Convicted fraudster Davenport hosted his infamous debauched gatherings at the mansion, which came to public attention when it hosted OnlyFans personality Bonnie Blue in her attempt to sleep with more than 1,000 men in 12 hours in January.
Mr Antoniadis was followed home and stabbed to death after he tried to defend himself with a brandy bottle.
Following an Old Bailey trial, Shian Johnson, 26, Sofian Alliche, 20, his brother Amin Alliche, 18, Joshua McCorquodale, 20, and Alfie Hipple, 18, all from Camden, north London, were found guilty of murder and conspiracy to rob.
The defendants were taken down from the dock after one of them reacted with an angry outburst, accusing the jury of ‘ruining’ his life.
Johnson shouted at the jury: ‘F*****g racist people, why you finding me guilty, ruined my f*****g life bruv. I didn’t do nothing, how you finding me guilty are you dumb?
Greek tourist Antonis Antoniadis, 26, (pictured) was targeted after he left 32 Portland Place nightclub in Marylebone, west London
Following an Old Bailey trial, Shian Johnson, 26, was one of five defendants charged Mr Antoniadis’ murder
The other four defendants charged with Mr Antoniadis’ murder: (l-r) Joshua McCorquodale, 20, Amin Alliche, 18, Alfie Hipple, 18, Sofian Alliche, 20, all from Camden in north London
‘I didn’t f*****g do nothing, what is it cause I’m black, you’re all white, how did I get an all white f*****g jury.’
The jury, which was not all white, had deliberated for more than 14 hours to reach its unanimous verdicts, with one of them leaving court in tears.
Judge Rebecca Trowler KC adjourned sentencing until October 3.
The court heard how Greek printing firm office worker Mr Antoniadis had come on holiday to London for a week with two friends called Maria and Tia.
They ended up at the 32 Portland Place nightclub in Marylebone in the early hours of July 7, jurors were told.
On the evening before the murder, the robbers followed a yellow Lamborghini and a Mercedes car before fixing on the victim, who was carrying a Lacoste man bag and wearing a designer black and gold Versace watch, worth £1300.
Mr Antoniadis and his two female friends did not leave Portland Place until after 8am and had booked an Uber to get back to a friend’s address in New Cross, south-east London, where they were staying.
Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC said the tourists had no idea that the young men hanging around outside the nightclub in a stolen car were on the lookout for someone to rob.
He said: ‘It seems that when that group of five saw Antonis come out of the club, those robbers thought they had found a suitable target.
‘So when they saw him come out and get into his Uber, they, in their stolen car, followed him.’
The defendants trailed the Uber car for more than half an hour to its destination on the opposite side of London, the court heard.
They ended up at the 32 Portland Place nightclub (pictured) in Marylebone in the early hours of July 7, jurors were told.
As one of Mr Antoniadis’s friends struggled to find the door key upon arriving at the address, he was approached by four figures in hoods and balaclavas.
The fifth member of the gang acted as the getaway driver, jurors were told.
Mr Antoniadis managed to hit one of the robbers with a brandy bottle as the group tried to grab his man bag.
Mr Emlyn Jones said: ‘Tragically, whether it was brave or whether it was just an instinctive response, that reaction was to cost him his life.’
The victim was punched and kicked and then stabbed in the chest and thigh, severing his femoral artery.
The attackers, at least two of whom were carrying large knives, then fled the scene in the getaway car, leaving the victim bleeding heavily.
‘Together, as a team, they waited for a victim to rob, they chose one, they followed him, and then when they got their chance, when he got home and got out of his cab, they pursued him to his front door and attacked him,’ Mr Emlyn Jones added.
‘They were clearly prepared to use violence to try and pull off the robbery, and given that they had at least two large knives between them, they were clearly prepared to use really serious violence if the need arose.’
Mr Antoniadis was treated at the scene and taken to hospital where attempts were made to save his life, but he died from his injuries on July 21 last year.
The car used by the robbers – a stolen Kia Sportage with false number plates – was captured on CCTV and the defendants were also linked through cell site data.
Jurors heard McCorquodale had convictions in 2022 for conspiracy to rob and robbery relating to mobile phone snatching and trying to take an electric bicycle with an accomplice.
When police searched his home they found a machete, a Zombie knife and two balaclavas.
Both McCorquodale and Johnson denied being present at the time of the murder, saying they left earlier that evening.
The venue, owned by Edward ‘Fast Eddie’ Davenport, came to public attention when it hosted OnlyFans personality Bonnie Blue (pictured) in her attempt to sleep with more than 1,000 men in 12 hours
Within days of the murder, Johnson and his girlfriend had taken a flight to Cancun in Mexico and booked into an all-inclusive hotel resort and spa. They failed to return on their scheduled flight back to Gatwick on July 24.
Four days later, police were waiting at Gatwick airport and they boarded a flight that arrived from Madrid to arrest Johnson on suspicion of murder.
Johnson had a conviction for possessing a knife in Camden High Street in 2015, and a machete and balaclava were found at his home.
The court heard Sofian Alliche had a previous conviction for robbing a man on Regent’s Canal towpath in 2019.
McCorquodale had convictions for robbery and conspiracy to rob after threatening a series of men for their phone and bike.
Hipple had two convictions for possession of weapons.
In a search of the Alliche brothers’ home, officers seized two balaclavas, a Louis Vuitton man bag, a large sword and drug paraphernalia.
Amin Alliche admitted being the driver but claimed he did not leave the car at the scene of the murder, as did his sibling Sofian.
Hipple admitted leaving the car in New Cross but claimed to be unaware of the robbery and had only taken a mobile phone in an opportunistic theft.
Jurors heard he had a conviction in 2022 for possessing an offensive weapon in public relating to a police stop in which he was found with a knife in a sheath tucked into his waistband.
Davenport’s neighbours have complained for several years about all-night sex parties at the mansion.
Convicted fraudster ‘Fast Eddie’ Davenport (pictured) was jailed for nearly eight years for a £4.5m ‘advance fee’ fraud in 2011 and sold a property across the road for £27m in 2015 to settle a court order and pay the Serious Fraud Office £14m
He was jailed for nearly eight years for a £4.5m ‘advance fee’ fraud in 2011 and sold a property across the road for £27m in 2015 to settle a court order and pay the Serious Fraud Office £14m.
He flew back from Thailand to successfully challenge a Met Police closure order at No 32 last December.
They claim they have suffered years of extremely loud music, guests taking drugs and vomiting in the street.
Police had been called 63 times to incidents involving his property following parties.
At the hearing, a police officer claimed at least two rapes had taken place at the mansion.
In 2020, three men were jailed for killing Romanian bouncer Tudor Simionov, 33, outside the mansion after being denied entry to a £2,000-a-table champagne party on New Year’s Day 2019.
Dublin-born Davenport has insisted that nothing illegal ever took place at his property.
‘I don’t take drugs, I don’t let anybody in my house take drugs. I have seen people smoking marijuana, they are not from my house,’ he said.
Davenport has been throwing huge events for years after founding the raucous Gatecrashers Ball when he was 20.
