Abusive UK husband beat his wife to death while police waited outside for permission from their bosses to access the home

Taiwo Abodunde, 41, was killed by her abusive husband Olubunmi Abodunde, at their home in Newmarket, Suffolk on April 28, 2023

Olubunmi Abodunde discarded his initial self-defense argument and admitted guilt at Ipswich Crown Court, Wednesday as soon as jury for his murder trial was sworn in

Abodunde, 48, beat his wife to death with their son’s skateboard while officers waited outside the family’s home for the permission to enter from their superiors

Taiwo had a restraining order in place which Olubunmi flouted when he broke in to attack her at the couple’s home in Newmarket, Suffolk

Olubunmi Abodunde was arrested on April 27, 2023, but was freed on bail and ordered to stay away and not contact his wife

The officers who were investigating the previous night’s abuse, heard banging inside, but were waiting for permission to enter the home from their superiors when Abodunde killed his wife

Officers were there to take the victim’s statement about the previous night’s domestic violence which left Taiwo with a split lip

Abodunde, had a record of being a serial wife abuser, with a history of jealousy and suspicion constantly accusing his wife of having affairs

He had been investigated by police a number of times over alleged domestic violence incidents before he bludgeoned his wife to death on April 27, 2023

Recanting in court Wednesday, when asked by Judge Martyn Levett for his plea, Abodunde responded “I am guilty, Sir.”

Following his admission to murder in court Abodunde faces possible life sentence

Taiwo Abodunde, [right], 41, was killed when her abusive husband Olubunmi Abodunde, [left], ‘smashed in her skull with their son’s skateboard’. He entered a guilty plea on Wednesday, minutes after the jury for his murder trial was sworn-in

An abusive husband beat his nurse wife to death in Suffolk, UK – with their son’s skateboard – while police outside waited for permission to enter from superiors.
Officers who were at the residence investigating a previous case of abuse involving the couple heard ‘a number of bangs’ inside the house which Olubunmi Abodunde had gone into, despite bail conditions imposed the day before that banned him from the property following another violent episode.
When they finally entered 25 minutes later, they found 41-year-old nurse, Taiwo Abodunde, 41, with her ‘skull smashed in’.
Abodunde, 48, who had been repeatedly investigated by Suffolk Police about domestic violence, was due to go on trial for murder but changed his plea to guilty yesterday after a jury had been sworn in.
Initially the suspect claimed he acted in self-defense, before recanting. Judge Martyn Levett, sitting at Ipswich Crown Court, warned him the only possible sentence was life imprisonment.

Serial wife abuser Olubunmi Abodunde [photo], beat his wife to death with their son’s skateboard while police waited outside for permission to enter the residence, from their superiors. He was already on trial for domestic violence when he was scheduled to go on trial for murder, but changed his plea to guilty on Wednesday after a jury had been sworn in

Following the delay in breaching the residence by police with fatal result, Suffolk Constabulary has referred itself to the Independent Office of Police Conduct, which confirmed three officers were under investigation.
An IOPC spokesman said: ‘We advised two Suffolk officers that they are under investigation for potential breaches of the police standards of professional behavior at the level of gross misconduct.
‘We advised another officer that they are under investigation at the level of misconduct.’
Abodunde, a serial wife abuser, had a history of jealousy and suspicion and accused his wife of having affairs. He had been investigated by police a number of times over alleged domestic violence incidents before his wife death.
He was arrested on April 27, last year, when police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call at the couple’s home in Newmarket, Suffolk, found Taiwo Abodunde with a split lip.
He was released on bail later that day, but was ordered to stay away from the family residence. He was also banned from contacting his wife.
Despite the restraining order, the next day Abodunde an unemployed civil engineer who picked jobs working in grocery stores, after yet another working the night shift at Tesco Supermarkets, went the family’s residence a little after 9am the next day, allegedly to pick up his phone.

Suffolk police secure the crime scene. Taiwo Abodunde broke into the home to attack his wife, flouting bail conditions imposed a day earlier, banning him from the property following another violent episode

The team of two officers arrived at Abodunde’s residence at 9.20am to take a statement from Taiwo Abodunde about the previous night’s incident and heard repeated banging noises inside.
But it wasn’t until 9.55am that they forced their way in after getting approval from senior officers and found Taiwo Abodunde ‘obviously dead’ near the front door.
A post-mortem examination later showed she had been throttled until she fell unconscious, then stamped on until her ribs were broken, before her husband used the skateboard to finish her off. The blows were so violent that the skateboard was damaged.
The court heard Mrs Abodunde, a nurse, suffered “catastrophic injuries”, including broken ribs and having her skull “smashed in” with a skateboard after being “throttled”.
Prosecutor Simon Spence KC told the court the banging officers heard was likely to have been Abodunde continuing to attack his wife after she was unconscious or dead.
Taiwo Abodunde suffered “catastrophic injuries”, including broken ribs and having her skull “smashed in” with a skateboard after being “throttled”.
During the hearing, the court heard the couple, who had three children, arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2022.
As well as clashes over the alleged affairs, there were also arguments about bills.
Taiwo Abodunde, a nurse by profession, had a job as a care home assistant in Cambridge but her husband, who had trained as a civil engineer, was unable to find work in his profession and took shifts at Tesco and Wickes.
After his arrest for the murder, Abodunde was taken to hospital ‘because he appeared to have some sort of mental episode’.

Despite being investigated by Suffolk Police about domestic violence, officers waited 25 minutes before entering even though they could hear banging from inside

He later claimed in a statement to police he had acted in self-defense, saying: ‘My wife has subjected me to physical abuse for a number of years.
‘On November 28, we got into an argument. She ran at me with a knife, I grabbed the knife and cut my hand. I was defending myself.’
But the court heard while he did have an injury to his hand, there wasn’t a knife near his wife’s body.
Nneka Akudolu KC, defending, said the level of violence was ‘completely out of character’ for her client and might have been affected by medication he was taking. But she said no medical evidence would be provided to support this claim.
Recanting Wednesday, when asked by Judge Martyn Levett for his plea, Abodunde responded “I am guilty, Sir.”
Abodunde was remanded in custody with sentencing scheduled for May 9.