A teaching assistant who was stabbed to death as he tried to sell his laptop on Gumtree ‘saw red’ when the buyers tried to rob him, the Old Bailey heard.
Michael Adegbite, 28, was knifed through the heart after pursuing three men who had attempted to steal his Apple MacBook.
He and two pals armed themselves with a metal pole, a crowbar and a hammer as they hunted down the three men who had tried to rip them off.
However, Mr Adegbite ended up in a pool of blood on the pavement in the ensuing confrontation.
Phillip Omotosho, a pal of the victim, told detectives Mr Adegbite ‘felt violated’ in the aftermath of the attempted robbery.