{"id":376912,"date":"2025-08-27T06:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376912\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T06:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:17:15","slug":"homeless-man-beat-mother-of-three-victoria-adams-to-death-with-a-mallet-after-she-sheltered-him-in-her-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376912\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless man beat mother-of-three Victoria Adams to death with a mallet after she sheltered him in her own home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">A homeless man has admitted to beating to death a woman who invited him to stay at her home. <\/p>\n<p>Police found Victoria Adams dead in her Hammersmith flat in west London in February after concerned neighbours called emergency services. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"15308\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"49c15d8be5910f60fab3ae32463d972d\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201600%20900'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-flat-on-coulter-road-where-the-murder-took-place.png\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" alt=\"The flat on Coulter Road where the murder took place\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The murder took place on Coulter Road in Hammersmith<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>PA<\/p>\n<p>Ms Adams met Adoum on February 6 while he was living in a homeless shelter.<\/p>\n<p>She then invited him to stay with her, but at some point wrote him a note asking him to leave.<\/p>\n<p>On February 9, she was struck repeatedly with a mallet and suffered at least ten injuries to the back and side of her head.<\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-three was found face down in a bedroom with a black bin bag over her head, which had been covered by a pillow. <\/p>\n<p><strong>CRIME IN LONDON &#8211; READ MORE: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"af1a9\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"0b54f35a791e2a97a2721c0648316050\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20314%20402'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/victoria-adams.webp\" width=\"314\" height=\"402\" alt=\"Victoria Adams\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Victoria Adams was found dead in her flat in February<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>METROPOLITAN POLICE<\/p>\n<p>Judge Nigel Lickley said: &#8220;Various handwritten notes about what had happened at the flat had been prepared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Adams&#8217;s drug use meant she was considered &#8220;vulnerable&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is also believed she had invited homeless people to stay at her flat before. <\/p>\n<p>Ms Adams&#8217;s neighbours said they were shocked when her death was confirmed &#8211; and some claimed they had heard screams.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"b3e74\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"244d57663b7e0e9b933d464a619d502b\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201600%20900'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a-forensic-officer-at-the-scene-of-the-murder.png\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" alt=\"A forensic officer at the scene of the murder\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The mother of three was struck repeatedly with a mallet and suffered at least ten injuries to the back and side of her head<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>PA<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place on Coulter Road in Hammersmith, a quiet residential street which has seen houses sold consistently for upwards of \u00a31million. <\/p>\n<p>The defendant was remanded in custody and his case was adjourned for sentencing on October 24.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Lickley said: &#8220;The sentence for murder is a life sentence, and that is what I will pass.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homeless man has admitted to beating to death a woman who invited him to stay at her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[113921,748,393,4884,257,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-376912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-across-the-uk","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376912","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=376912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}