MURDER PLOT
THIS is the sick moment a killer danced with his model girlfriend in the home where he and an accomplice murdered an OAP to steal her fortune.
Chef Kusai Al-Jundi, 25, and delivery driver Mohamed El-Abboud, 28, had lured Louise Kam to her £1.,3million home in Barnet, North London.
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Once inside, Louise was "brutally murdered and left to be taken away in the rubbish".
Just two weeks before the horror in July 2021, El-Abboud posted a video on TikTok from inside Louise's home.
He could be seen laughing as he danced with girlfriend Maria Amariucai, who was not involved in the killing and gave evidence on behalf of the prosecution.
El-Abboud also shared footage of the inside of Louise's home as he treated it like his home after the murder.
He gave a tour from inside the property and even twerked on her driveway after flogging her BMW.
The killer was today jailed for life alongside Al-Jundi after being convicted of murder.
In a heartfelt victim impact statement, Louise's son Gregory Kam said his mum "fell for the lies of this wolf in sheep's clothing".
He added: "My mother's sudden loss has left us all feeling extremely shocked, numb, sad and grief-stricken - feelings that we will continue to be overshadowed by for a very long time to come.
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"One of the unpleasant memories I have of the murderer which sometimes returns to me in flashbacks is sharing a car journey with him and my mother, in his 4x4 as he politely discussed his business deal.
"Looking back on this now, part of my treatment with the counsellor is treating the guilt I have felt from not being able to have been there at the time, or doing enough at the time, to prevent this from happening to my mother."
The Old Bailey heard how the pair were driven by greed when they hatched a murderous plot to swindle Louise's fortune.
They spent the months leading up to the mum-of-two's death attempting to trick her into signing over control of her finances to Al-Jundi.
Their "cunning plan" also saw El-Abboud move into her Barnet home and treat the house as his own.
Al-Jundi bragged about having a wealthy girlfriend who was willing to put up £4.6million to buy the home in a deal which involved avoiding tax.
A meeting was planned at the Barnet home with unwitting Louise seen entering the property on CCTV.
During a violent struggle, she was strangled with a cord and her body bundled up in a duvet.
Louise was then dumped in a rubbish bin, which Al-Jundi later arranged to be collected and taken to his family home in the hope it would be end up in landfill.
Meanwhile, brazen El-Abboud sold Louise's BMW via Facebook Marketplace for £1,450.
Prosecutor Oliver Glasgow KC said: "Towards the end of July last year, Louise Kam’s friends and family became concerned about her well-being.
"No one had seen or heard from her for several days, and the messages that had been sent from her mobile telephone, which purported to have been sent by her, did not sound like she had written them.
"Little did those closest to her realise that when they were replying to those messages, Louise Kam was already dead.
"She had been strangled, her body dumped unceremoniously in a rubbish bin, and a plan was afoot to conceal her murder and plunder her life savings."
Louise's son reported his mum missing while being treated in hospital for Covid.
Officers searching her home discovered the hairdryer dumped in a hedge near her home.
The fake messages from Louise's phone had also been sent using wi-fi at the restaurant where Al-Jundi worked.
Tragically, Louise's body was eventually found at the chef's home, hidden beneath turf in the wheelie bin.
Al-Jundi's DNA was later identified on gloves found with the body and on one of the plastic bin bags she was wrapped in.
Catherine Gould, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "This horrific crime is a tale of greed taken to extremes. Kusai Al-Jundi and Mohamed El-Abboud selfishly and brutally ended Louise Kam's life for their own ends.
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"The police worked quickly to establish that Louise had come to harm and to secure the evidence to present a strong and compelling case to put before the jury.
"Our thoughts remain with Louise's family and friends and we sincerely hope that these guilty verdicts will bring them some comfort."
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