Poker player Mehmet Hassan killed for winning (summary)

Well-known professional poker player named Mehmet Hassan 56 years old was killed for his secret store of winnings after being dragged into a trap by a young woman he met at a casino. Mehmet Hassan was found lying dead there bound with tape and a necktie and then kicked and stamped to death in the bedroom of his flat in Islington, north London, in March last year. Leonie Granger, 25 years old, had let in the attackers, who then came inside his home looking for cash, Leonie granger is a care assistant whom Hassan met at a casino the month before, Afterwards, while Hassan, 56 years old, lay dead in a pool of blood, she celebrated by throwing £50 notes around a room. The celebration was filmed on Ms. Granger’s phone, which was retrieved by police and featured a man with his face obscured by a gas mask in the clip shown to the jury. Granger is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murder and false statement alongside her boyfriend, Kroon Jackson, and his friend, Nicholas Chandler, both 28 years old and the investigation is still going on the case. Hassan was described as a professional gambler who sometimes won as much as £15,000 at a time. Rather than using bank accounts, he would secret store his winnings around his flat safely, keeping thousands of pounds in his microwave. He was known to have two favorite casinos in Mayfair, the Playboy on Old Park Lane and the Palm Beach in Berkeley Street.


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