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Thugs who kidnapped and killed popular radio DJ are jailed

Source: PA Archive

A pair of thugs who kidnapped and killed a popular radio DJ in an empty bar near Tottenham Hotspur Stadium have been jailed.

Mehmet Koray Alpergin and Gozde Dalbudak were snatched as they returned home from an Italian restaurant in Mayfair, central London, in October 2022, the Old Bailey was told at a trial which ended last month.

They were taken to a wine bar backing on to , where 43-year-old Mr Alpergin,

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