Tottenham man found guilty of killing his housemate with a claw hammer

Briken Quni convicted of manslaughter over “extreme” attack on Briken Quni at their property in West Green Road last September

A Wood Green Crown Court trial found Briken Quni (inset, left) killed his housemate Ergys Koci (inset right)

A man has been convicted of manslaughter after he attacked his housemate with a claw hammer at their home in West Green Road, South Tottenham.

Briken Quni, aged 43, was found guilty of killing Ergys Koci – a man he called a “friend” – following a trial at Wood Green Crown Court which concluded on Monday (5th).

Quni was arrested after detectives reviewed hours of CCTV, placing him at the scene of the brutal and violent attack.

Detective Chief Inspector Neil Rawlinson said: “The level of violence used in this assault was extreme. Ergys sustained several heavy blows to the head with a hammer and was subjected to multiple stab wounds before he succumbed to his injuries.

“Quni then tried to conceal his body and later tried to claim self-defence. I’m glad that the jury saw through this and convicted him for this ferocious attack. I hope it brings some comfort to his family to know that justice has been served.”

The court heard how the body of Ergys was discovered after police were called to the residential property in West Green Road on 21st September 2022. Officers attended along with London Ambulance Service, but he was pronounced dead at the scene having suffered multiple injuries.

A post-mortem examination later established Ergys’s cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. He had also suffered several stab injuries.

The Met’s specialist crime command launched an urgent investigation which included reviewing hours of CCTV footage, speaking with key witnesses, conducting detailed forensic searches and examining digital devices. It was through this that detectives established a row had broken out between the two men, who lived at the property together.

As a result of the altercation, Quni launched a violent attack on Ergys, armed with a claw hammer. Ergys sustained multiple injuries including several blows to the head and a number of stab wounds, two of which punctured his lung and heart.

As officers worked to establish the circumstances surrounding the killing, they identified that Quni had returned to the property a number of times after the attack, sleeping there while Ergys’ body lay dead in the bathroom.

Quni will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 30th June.

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