Overview
- Adenola Akindutire, 22, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on November 5 to eight years and six months following a guilty plea in May.
- Live Facial Recognition alerted officers in Stratford on April 15, leading to a stop where he tried to mask his voice and presented false ID before being identified.
- He posed as a buyer on Facebook Marketplace and slashed a seller in Hayes on January 10, leaving the victim with life-changing injuries and stealing a Rolex.
- Detectives also linked him to a December 2024 robbery in Bexleyheath in which another Rolex was taken, with victims named in reports as Sahil Sahil and James Bland.
- He admitted robbery, attempted robbery, grievous bodily harm, possession of a false identity document and two counts of possessing a bladed article, as the Met highlighted LFR's role and its more than 1,400 arrests this year.