The alleged murderer's father, Shaher Abdulhak, was known as the 'King of Sugar', with a net worth of around £6.8billion and close contacts in the Yemeni government. When it was pointed out to him that Ms Vik Magnussen's murder had 'taken over' her father's life, he replied 'that's his choice' and said he 'doesn't think about' what happened. I don't even know if I could talk to him. When asked if he would speak to Ms Vik Magnussen's father, he said: 'I don't know. 'I think they will want to make an example of me, being the son of an Arab. I find that the criminal justice system there is heavily biased. There's nothing that's going to change what happened.'Ībdulhak with Ms Vik Magnussen on the night she diedĪsked whether he would consider coming back, he replied glibly: 'Perhaps. Nothing is going to bring their daughter back. He said: 'I don't know what answers they want to get. Ms Al-Maghafi later spoke to the fugitive on the phone and asked him if he wanted to help the student's family 'get answers'. He said that her death was 'just a sex accident gone wrong', adding: 'No one knows because I could barely piece together what happened.'Ībdulhak said he had taken cocaine on the night and 'couldn't remember' why he moved Ms Vik Magnussen's body. He claimed not to remember the night of Ms Vik Magnussen's death, saying it was 'all a blur', but said he had flashbacks and felt 'uncomfortable' 'when he smells 'a certain female perfume'. ![]() When she asked Abdulhak, who now works in the cryptocurrency industry, whether he had any regrets, he said: 'I deeply regret the unfortunate accident that happened. Ms Al-Maghafi, who has friends and relatives in Yemen, found a mobile number for the fugitive before messaging him on social media. It was definitely a sex act, but it was forced on Martine - as I can understand through the information I've gathered over the years,' he said.Ībdulhak claimed the night of Ms Vik Magnussen's death was 'a blur' but then admitted he had 'flashbacks' 'He tried to portray it as a mutual accidental outcome of a sex act. Speaking to the BBC, he said he was 'furious' at Abdulhak's suggestion that Ms Vik Magnussen died in a consensual sex act. Ms Vik Magnussen's father, Odd Petter Magnussen, has branded Abdulhak a coward and appealed for him to return, adding: 'You cannot hide forever.' Last year they arrested a woman in her 60s on suspicion of assisting an offender but have since released her under investigation. ![]() Police said she had been strangled and raped. The alleged murderer - nicknamed 'DP' by friends for his love of Dom Perignon champagne - was named as being wanted by police and fled the UK within hours of her death. ![]() Ms Vik Magnussen was found dead under a pile of rubble in a basement in Great Portland Street, Westminster, after a night out with friends to celebrate coming top of the class in her exams.ĬCTV showed her leaving the exclusive Mayfair nightclub Maddox at 2am on March 14 with Abdulhak, a fellow student at the £10,000-a-year Regent's Business School whom she had previously dated. It was a mistake.' After he realised she was aware of his story, the fugitive said he would not be going to police because it was 'way too late'. The 35-year-old, whose father Shaher Abdulhak was one of Yemen's wealthiest and most powerful men, has only ever spoken through his lawyer to deny being guilty of deliberately murdering Ms Vik Magnussen.īut he was tracked down by Nawal Al-Maghafi for tonight's BBC documentary Murder In Mayfair, with the journalist exchanging a flurry of texts with Abdulhak before also speaking to him on the phone.Įarly in their conversation, Abdulhak told the reporter 'I did something when I was younger. In his first ever media interview, he admitted to killing her but said he wouldn't be returning to Britain to face trial 'because I don't like the weather' and claimed the justice system would discriminate against him because he was 'the son of a rich Arab'. A billionaire's playboy son who fled the UK in his father's private jet hours after allegedly murdering a star Norwegian student in London 15 years ago has finally admitted to killing her - telling a BBC documentary that her death was a 'sex accident'.įarouk Abdulhak, 35, remains holed up in Yemen and has refused to come back to the UK where he is accused of the rape and murder of 23-year-old Martine Vik Magnussen after a night out at the Maddox nightclub in Mayfair in 2008.
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