Murderer Gets Life For Fatal Stabbing

Murderer: Kris Guler

A murderer, who stabbed a man to death in a north London street soon after the victim arrived at an address to meet an associate, has been jailed for life.

Kristofer Guler, 31, (pictured) plunged the blade into the buttock of 44 year-old Rodney Adams in St. Ann's Road, South Tottenham on September 11, 2013.

He was convicted at Southwark Crown Court and must serve a minimum of twenty-three years.

His alleged accomplice, Jamie Nicholson, 32, was found not guilty of murder by the same jury.

Police were called to the North Middlesex Hospital where Mr. Adams was being treated for serious stab injuries, having been driven there in a private vehicle.

He was transferred to the Royal London Hospital where he was pronounced dead later that evening. 



A post-mortem examination held at Haringey Mortuary gave the cause of death as a stab wound.



An investigation was launched by detectives from the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command.



Detectives discovered that Mr. Adams had been driven to the vicinity of St Ann's Road at the junction with Green Lanes in order to meet with an associate. 



CCTV evidence captured Mr. Adams being confronted a short time later by Guler, who stabbed him in the buttock.



Three days later, Guler was traced to Birmingham, where he was arrested on suspicion of murder.



Giving evidence at the trial, Guler claimed that Mr. Adams had threatened Jamie Nicholson with a handgun at the door of his home.

He only followed the deceased, he claimed, out of public spiritedness with the sole intention of alerting the police.

Guler denied responsibility for the stabbing, maintaining that an unknown man had intercepted Mr. Adams as he ran towards the safety of a waiting car. 



No gun was ever recovered, nor was there any forensic trace evidence to suggest Mr. Adams had handled a firearm.



Detective Chief Inspector Tim Duffield, of the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "It remains unclear why Guler chose to act in the way he did, taking Rodney's life on a busy street in broad daylight.

"Hopefully today's verdict sends out a clear message that the Met Police and law abiding Londoners simply will not tolerate the carrying and use of knives within our communities."