{"id":376576,"date":"2025-08-27T03:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376576\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T03:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:14:11","slug":"uk-woman-killed-by-homeless-man-she-invited-to-stay-in-her-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376576\/","title":{"rendered":"UK woman killed by homeless man she invited to stay in her apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A London woman was killed by a mallet-wielding homeless man who she welcomed into her apartment in a posh neighborhood earlier this year, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Adams, 37, a mother of three, was fatally bashed in the head by Apapale Adoum, 39, who was living in a homeless shelter prior to being invited to stay in Adams\u2019 Hammersmith home, The Times of London reported.<\/p>\n<p>Adoum pleaded guilty to murder charges in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36940052\" width=\"352\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/www-bbc-com-news-articles-110128591.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Victoria Adams.\" class=\"wp-image-36940052\" style=\"width:352px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:0.72070313;display:block\"  \/>Victoria Adams, 37, took a homeless man into her posh<br \/>house and was repaid by him with over ten hits to her<br \/>skull with a mallet. Metropolitan Police<\/p>\n<p>Investigators found Adams face down in her bedroom with a black garbage bag over her head and pillow placed on top of that, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>She was smashed in the skull at least ten times both from behind and from the side on Feb. 9, the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors in Hammersmith, where homes consistently sell for over $1 million, were shocked over the grisly murder \u2014 with one reporting they heard screams coming from Adams\u2019 property, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Adoum was arrested while attempting to break back into the Hammersmith flat \u2014 telling police he was there to reclaim his belongings.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36940054\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/photo-alex-segre-ucg-universal-110128596.jpg\" alt=\"Metropolitan Police car.\" class=\"wp-image-36940054\"  \/>Cops said Adoum, who pleaded guilty to the crime in court on Tuesday, was arrested while attempting to break back into the home to collect his belongings. UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>London cops said he was in possession of the murder weapon when arrested. <\/p>\n<p>Adoum had previously been convicted for violent crimes against women, The Times of London reported.<\/p>\n<p>When he was asked to provide a statement to the court, Adoum prepared notes that were \u201cderogatory\u201d about the woman who he killed.<\/p>\n<p>Adams had previously invited homeless people to stay in her home, according to The Times of London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A London woman was killed by a mallet-wielding homeless man who she welcomed into her apartment in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,6332,257,131494,16,15,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-376576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-homelessness","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-murders","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115098554595466575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}