Man, 31, guilty of top chef’s murder

A 31-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a top chef near the Notting Hill Carnival.

Omar Wilson repeatedly punched and kicked Mussie Imnetu outside Dr Power restaurant in Queensway, west London, and left him dying in the street to go clubbing, the Old Bailey heard.

Mr Imnetu, 41, who had previously worked under chefs Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing, was said to have been “heavily intoxicated” when he became involved in a late-night altercation on August 26.

A jury deliberated for more than 20 hours to find Wilson guilty of the chef’s murder by a majority of 10 to two.

Following the altercation, Mr Imnetu was taken to hospital with brain damage and died four days later.

During the trial, Wilson, of Leytonstone, east London, claimed he acted in self-defence, telling jurors: “I just regret that somebody’s life was taken while I was trying to defend mine.”