Spanish-Brazilian man, Marcus Arduini Monzo, is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering a 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin, during a violent rampage in London on April 30, 2024 

Armed with a samurai sword Monzo killed the teenager on his way to school during a ‘psychotic episode triggered by drug use’ as he claimed in his police interview

As well as killing Daniel, Monzo, who had a blue belt in Brazilian jujitsu, also attacked a pedestrian, two police officers and a couple in their own home before he was arrested by police

London’s Central Criminal Court convicted Monzo on June 25, of murder, three counts attempted murder, one count each grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary, and possession of a bladed article

Daniel Anjorin, a 14-year-old British-Nigerian schoolboy, a student at Bancroft’s School in Woodford Green, London, was killed during a violent rampage in London, on April 30 2024 by a knife wielding lunatic 

A Spanish-Brazilian man, Marcus Arduini Monzo, is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering a 14-year-old British schoolboy, Daniel Anjorin, during a violent rampage in London. 
The jury at London’s Central Criminal Court convicted Monzo on Wednesday, June 25, of murder, three counts of attempted murder, one count of grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary, and possession of a bladed article.
Armed with a samurai sword, Monzo, 37, wanted to kill as many people as he could in a spate of indiscriminate attacks lasting 20 minutes in Hainault, northeast London, on April 30 last year, the Old Bailey heard. 
Ultimately he killed the teenager on his way to school and injured five other people during what the prosecution said was a psychotic episode triggered by drug use
The court heard that young Daniel Anjorin’s life was ‘snuffed out in an instant’ when Monzo crept up behind him and delivered a ‘devastating and unsurvivable’ blow to the side of his face and neck.
Witnesses described Monzo dropping to his knees with both arms raised while screaming ‘in delight’ at the senseless murder.

Spanish-Brazilian man, Marcus Arduini Monzo, is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering a 14-year-old schoolboy, Daniel Anjorin, during his Samurai sword rampage in London on April 30, 2024 

Daniel’s parents were present throughout the trial when harrowing CCTV and police bodycam footage-worn video had been played in court.
Speaking at the time, they paid tribute to a ‘beloved son’ and a ‘loving and precious brother’ and said they were ‘devastated’ by his death.
They said: “It is difficult for us at this time to process what has happened to him and that he will never come home.
“Daniel had left the house for school and then he was gone.
“Our children have lost their loving and precious brother and we have lost the most loved and amazing son.”
As well as killing Daniel, Monzo, who had a blue belt in Brazilian jujitsu, also attacked a pedestrian, two police officers and a couple in their own home before he was arrested by police. 
Afterwards, Monzo likened events to the Hollywood film The Hunger Games and claimed to have an alternative persona of a ‘professional assassin’.
Giving evidence at his trial, he said he had no memory of what happened and claimed his mental state had diminished his responsibility for the crimes.
However, the prosecution argued that psychosis brought on by self-induced intoxication was no defense for murder.

Monzo admitted he had drunk a hallucinogenic tea called ayahuasca, but no trace of DMT, [a class A drug], was detected in his system. He is looking at a possible sentence of life behind bars on Friday following his conviction for murder, attempted murder, grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary, and possession of a bladed article.

Even though Monzo claimed he had drunk a hallucinogenic tea called ayahuasca, no trace of DMT, the class A drug in the brew, was detected in his system.
The court also heard how Monzo had made ‘stabbing motions’ re-enacting the violence while chatting about ‘killing films’ with a member of staff at Broadmoor secure psychiatric hospital.
An Old Bailey jury found Monzo guilty of Daniel’s murder, three charges of attempted murder, aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article relating to a kitchen knife.
He was cleared of one count of attempted murder in relation to the victim Henry De Los Rios Polania but found guilty of the lesser offense of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Monzo, who showed no emotion as the verdicts were read out, previously admitted having the samurai sword used to kill Daniel and a Katana sword found in his van.
The court had heard how Monzo launched the series of attacks by driving his grey Ford Transit van into Donato Iwule, who was ‘catapulted’ into a nearby garden before the vehicle smashed into a concrete pillar and fence.

Monzo began the attacks by driving his grey Ford Transit van into Donato Iwule, who was thrown into a nearby garden, where the vehicle smashed into a concrete pillar and fence. Next he hit Iwule in the neck with his sword before running away. Bodycam footage shows Monzo carrying a sword during the attack

He went on to hit Iwule in the neck with his sword before running away, the court was told.
He then virtually decapitated Daniel, who was wearing headphones on his way to school, jurors heard.
Witness Maria Olmos said Monzo dropped to his knees and held his hands up after mortally wounding the schoolboy.
“At the time of doing so he let out an extremely loud scream. It wasn’t a scream of pain, it was a scream of delight – my interpretation was he was celebrating,” Olmos said. 
Police constable Yasmin Mechem-Whitfield was hit three times with the 60cm long blade with ‘extreme force’ as she chased Monzo through alleyways and residential properties.
Next, he entered a property and attacked a couple who were sleeping in an upstairs bedroom with their young daughter nearby.
Monzo demanded to know if they ‘believe in God’ before he left the property.
Inspector Molloy Campbell tried to detain Monzo in a car park and received a slash wound to his hand.
Monzo then climbed on to the roof of a garage before he was finally taken into custody.
Following his arrest, Monzo claimed his personality had switched and that ‘something happened, like a game happening
Testifying in his own defense, Monzo described being bullied growing up in Brazil before his family moved to Britain in 2013. He practiced mixed martial arts (MMA) until an injury in 2016 led him to explore yoga and the ‘magical, miraculous and supernatural’ aspects of spirituality, he said.
He began to follow a guru on YouTube, spent a year at a retreat in India and took ayahuasca – a hallucinogenic brew traditionally used in South America.
Monzo will be facing a life term at sentencing which is scheduled for Friday, June 27 at London’s Old Bailey court.