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Daily Mail
November 26, 2013
A killer who bludgeoned a betting shop manager to death for less than £300 just yards away from a police safer neighbourhood team office is facing a life sentence.
Shafique Aarij, 21, battered married father-of-three Andrew Iacovou repeatedly with a claw hammer at a branch of Ladbrokes in Morden, Surrey, before leaving him to die.
Aarij, a regular gambler at the shop, deliberately targeted the bookies when he knew only one member of staff was present.
He grabbed £296.68 from a till tray before ‘calmly’ walking out of the store, splattered in his victim’s blood, and catching a bus.
Mr Iacovou, 55, desperately hit the panic button but local police were not even alerted as the call only went to Ladbrokes’ head office.
Cameras also failed to capture the incident as he was knocked straight to the floor during the attack, Southwark Crown Court heard.
For 90 minutes he lay helpless on the other side of the counter while punters came in to play on the fruit machines, unaware the manager was even there.
Mr Iacovou’s lifeless body was eventually discovered by a shocked customer, who called the emergency services.
A post-mortem found he suffered haemorrhages and brain injuries after the brutal killing at the Aberconway Road branch, where he worked for 20 years, at around 8.30am on May 25 this year.
Mr Iacovou was pronounced dead at the scene at 10.28am, next to the hammer which claimed his life.
