Three teenage drug runners have been sentenced to a combined total of more than 23 years in prison for the brutal killing of a homeless man in London, a case that exposes the chilling ruthlessness of county lines operations.
A Frenzied and Fatal Attack
The court heard how Anthony Marks, 51, was subjected to a savage assault in the early hours of 10 August 2024. The attack began after an altercation, with Mr Marks first being struck with a car bumper. He then fled on a Lime bike but was chased down by the gang on Argyle Street.
After he fell to the ground, he was repeatedly kicked, stamped on, and beaten over the head with a glass gin bottle in a sustained attack. The violence only ceased when a member of the public intervened, chasing the assailants away with a cricket bat. Seriously injured, Mr Marks later stumbled into King's Cross Station seeking help, where police found him covered in blood around 5.25am. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital more than a month later, on 14 September 2024.
Smiling Selfies and Ruthless Justice
In a stark display of callousness, the teenagers posed for smiling selfies together both before and after the fatal assault. These images, recovered from their mobile phones, became a crucial part of the prosecution case, helping detectives place them definitively at the scene.
Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Jaidee Bingham, 18, known by the alias 'Ghost', was unanimously found guilty of murder and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Eymaiyah Lee Bradshaw-McKoy, 18, and Mia Campos-Jorge, 19, were found guilty of manslaughter by majority verdict on 30 October 2025. Bradshaw-McKoy received a sentence of three years and 11 months, while Campos-Jorge was jailed for three years and six months.
At the time of the killing, Bingham and Bradshaw-McKoy were aged 16, and Campos-Jorge was 17. The court was told the trio had been working for a county lines drug gang that evening. The attack was triggered as a form of retribution after one of the girls was robbed, and the group wrongly believed Mr Marks had information about the stolen drugs.
Police Investigation and Condemnation
Metropolitan Police detectives from Specialist Crime North painstakingly built the case by tracking the trio across London using extensive CCTV footage and conducting forensic analysis of their phones. This evidence allowed them to reconstruct a detailed timeline of the events.
Detective Inspector Jim Barry, who led the investigation, stated: 'This is a particularly callous murder that gives an insight into the ruthless brutality of county lines gangs. The fact that they were teenagers does not excuse their violent actions.' He added that there was a sense of justice that the very selfies the group took were used to convict them.
Judge Mark Dennis KC, during sentencing, highlighted the vulnerability of the victim, who had a longstanding drug addiction and was outnumbered during the assault. The judge noted Mr Marks was 'repeatedly struck both when on the floor and when trying to run away.'
The arrests were made across London in late 2024, with all three now beginning their substantial prison terms, marking a significant result in the Met's ongoing fight against violent criminal gangs.
