Nightclub Doorman Execution: Four Charged

Four men have appeared in court charged with the murder of the head doorman of a top West End club – executed by a motorcycle gunman when returning home in the early hours.

Bogdan ‘Tony’ Paduret, 29, (pictured) of Tillingbourne Gardens, Finchley Central, North London was shot in the head while sitting in the passenger seat at 6:00am on November 27.

The Romanian-born keep-fit enthusiast was driven home by a friend from the Mayfair Club, Dover Street in a silver Vauxhall Corsa after finishing work at 5:30am.

When the car carrying Mr. Paduret arrived at his home a pillion passenger got off a motorbike that had pulled up minutes earlier.

The suspect produced a handgun and shot through the passenger window four times, killing Mr. Paduret, who died at the scene.

The four are: Errol Jeffrey, 28, of Cressall House, Tiller Road; Troy Shaw, 19, of Wharfside Point North, Poplar High Street and Christopher N'Jie, 19, of Elderfield House, Pennyfields, Poplar, East London and
John Otugade, 19, of Stanford Road, Friern Barnet.

They appeared in custody at Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court.

Three other men arrested on June 15 have been bailed pending further enquiries and will return in late July.

The victim's mother, Mariana Paduret, flew into London from her home in Romania to formally identify her son.

She said: “To me Tony meant everything. He had such tremendous love for people, he would call his friends and relatives brothers and sisters.

“He was incredibly generous and forgiving and at the same time very modest about it.

“He had an acute sense of justice and he took pride in everything he did.

“I have this great sense of loss. Words cannot express how dearly he is going to be missed by all of us.”