County lines teenage gang who posed for selfies and filmed themselves dancing after beating man to death with a gin bottle are jailed for 23 years 

Three young drug traffickers who took a smiling selfie before and after beating a homeless man to death have been sentenced to a total of more than 23 years in prison.

The gang, whose names are now mentioned because he turned 18, launched a brutal retaliatory attack on 51-year-old Anthony Marks, who later died from his injuries.

Mr Marks was found by police at King’s Cross Station at around 5.25am on August 10, 2024, with serious injuries to his head and arms. He died in hospital more than a month later, on September 14, 2024.

Photos and videos taken on the night of the murder showed young people posing for selfies and laughing together; the images were later used by detectives to place them at the crime scene.

Jaidee Bingham, 18, from Dagenham, known as ‘The Ghost’, was unanimously found guilty of murder. He spent 16 years in prison.

Eymaiyah Lee Bradshaw-McKoy (18) and Mia Campos-Jorge (19) were found guilty of manslaughter by a majority verdict at the Old Bailey on 30 October 2025.

Bradshow-McKoy was sentenced to three years and 11 months in prison, while Campos-Jorge was sentenced to three years and six months behind bars.

Bingham and Bradshaw-McKoy were 16 when they killed the victim, and Campos-Jorge was 17.

Bingham, known as ‘Ghost’, who was 16 at the time of the attack, was found guilty of murder

Two teenage girls – Bradshaw-McKoy (left) and Campos-Jorge (right) – were also found guilty and sentenced.

Mr Marks, 51, was hit with the bonnet of the car, then chased, stamped on and beaten with a gin bottle before being left for dead.

The court heard how Mr Marks was first hit with a car bumper, then chased, stamped on and beaten with a gin bottle in a brutal and sustained attack.

During the attack, Mr Marks was repeatedly kicked and hit on the head with a glass bottle. The trio escaped only after a member of the public intervened and chased them with a cricket bat.

Mr Marks then went to King’s Cross Station to seek help, where he was found covered in blood by police.

Norman Brennan, a former police officer who campaigns against knife crime, told the Mail: ‘These three young people represent the depth of depravity, hurt and pain that some of our children inflict on others.

‘What is even more worrying in this case is that these were three young people who took photographs before and after the murder and inflicted the most unnecessary violence on a helpless, innocent individual.

‘The sentences are like a joke, they are terrifying. I despair about the future of Britain. ‘I can’t see this situation getting any better in the next 10 or 20 years unless the government wakes up.’

The court was told the three men began working for a drug gang in the borough on the evening of August 9, 2024.

After one of the girls was robbed, Bingham was tasked with finding out who took the drugs. The group believed Mr Marks knew what had happened and confronted him at around 5am on 10 August.

It was revealed that the messages found on the gang’s phones referred to the incident.

The teenagers shared photos on social media before and after brutally murdering Anthony Marks.

Met detectives pieced together the case by tracking the trio via CCTV footage, identifying them all over London and using forensic analysis of mobile phones to reconstruct the night’s events.

Judge Mark Dennis, KC, said: ‘The deceased was involved in what started as a minor argument which then escalated into a fight, unlawful assault and a chase as he attempted to escape.

‘After falling to the ground, he was kicked and then hit on the head with a glass bottle at least twice.

‘He had a long-term addiction to Class A drugs and regularly purchased his drugs from an established drugs line operating in the King’s Cross area.

‘The victim was a defenseless individual who was outnumbered in the attack and was struck repeatedly both while on the ground and when trying to escape.’

Mr Marks told police he was ‘fooling around with a ghost pipe’ near some bins and ‘The Ghost’ told him ‘one of the smokers had taken drugs from one of the girls and ran off with it’.

He said the ‘Ghost’ started making threatening movements and hit him five times with the bonnet of the car, breaking his tooth.

Mr Marks added: ‘She and the two girls then chased me down the road to the pub.

‘What I see is a white man smoking like us. He grabs me and I fall to the ground. They keep stamping on me and hitting me with the green genie bottle. I love it.’

Met North Specialist Crime Detective Jim Barry, who led the investigation, said: ‘This is a particularly callous murder that shines a light on the brutal brutality of gangs in the borough.

‘The ages of Bingham, Bradshaw-McKoy and Campos-Jorge are particularly shocking. But the fact that they were teenagers does not excuse their acts of violence as part of a drugs pipeline that brings fear and intimidation to the streets of London.

‘They believed they were escaping justice, they even took selfies together and laughed at what they had done. There is a sense of fairness that officers can use these to locate crime scenes.

‘This decision shows how the Met is tackling criminal gangs and is determined to achieve justice for their victims.’

Following an argument, Mr Marks was chased by Bingham and Bradshaw-McKoy from Argyle Street to Whidbourne Street. CCTV footage showed Bradshaw-McKoy using a long object believed to be a car bumper.

Officers were able to speak to him before he died and used CCTV to create a detailed timeline of the attack.

In the following days, police arrested the young men at addresses in south, north and east London and seized their mobile phones.

Photos and videos obtained from the devices showed them together in an apartment near the scene, and messages also appeared referencing the attack.

Other CCTV footage followed them from the scene to the flat, which formed a key part of the prosecution case.

Bingham was arrested on Friday, October 4, 2024, and charged with murder on Sunday, October 6.

Bradshaw-McKoy was arrested on Thursday, November 28, 2024, and charged on Monday, November 29.

Campos-Jorge was arrested on Monday, December 9, 2024, and charged with murder.

The three were sentenced to a combined total of more than 23 years behind bars for their roles in the murder.