{"id":715030,"date":"2026-07-28T08:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715030\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:36:10","slug":"leicester-news-robbers-whipped-and-tortured-victims-then-humiliated-them-on-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715030\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester news: Robbers whipped and tortured victims then ‘humiliated’ them on TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two men have been jailed for robbing, “torturing” and “humiliating” guests at a party before uploading footage of their crimes to TikTok.<\/p>\n

Richile Vangu, 20, received an 11-year prison sentence, while Oluwatobiloba Akinrinola, 19, was given seven years for their crimes on Monday.<\/p>\n

Leicester Crown Court heard how the pair threatened partygoers with a knife at a gathering in North Kilworth, Leicestershire, on November 21, 2025.<\/p>\n

Vangu, of Bowes Road, London, demanded each victim transfer him \u00a31,000 and later filmed himself whipping some of them with a belt.<\/p>\n

Akinrinola, of Slippers Place, London, was described by Judge Steven Evans as “subservient” to Vangu but played “an essential part” in the offences.<\/p>\n

Judge Evans said Vangu had planned the robbery and “recruited” others to assist him, including Akinrinola.<\/p>\n

At least eight men were herded into a bedroom at the party and threatened with a large “zombie-style knife.”<\/p>\n

Designer clothing and an iPhone were stolen from the victims.<\/p>\n

\"Richile<\/p>\n

Richile Vangu, armed with a knife, made his victims dance on video while he stole their money and possessions<\/p>\n

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LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE<\/p>\n

Vangu told each person he would stab them in the leg unless they transferred him \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n

He forced the group to perform a TikTok dance through multiple takes while photographing their student identification cards to confirm their home addresses.<\/p>\n

Evans told the court Vangu introduced himself as ‘Trixta’ “like a villain from the movies”.<\/p>\n

Vangu ordered several men who had not paid to attend student accommodation on Bath Lane later that day.<\/p>\n

Once there, Akinrinola made some of them do star jumps and high knees before punching them repeatedly.<\/p>\n

LATEST CRIME HEADLINES FROM GB NEWS:<\/p>\n

\"Oluwatobiloba<\/p>\n

‘Subservient’ Oluwatobiloba Akinrinola made his victims do star jumps and high knees before punching them repeatedly<\/p>\n

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LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE<\/p>\n

Vangu whipped victims with a belt, fired a BB gun at their heads, waxed their faces and threatened to cut off their dreadlocks if they did not pay.<\/p>\n

Judge Evans said the pair had “tortured” and “humiliated” the men.<\/p>\n

Videos from both locations were subsequently posted to TikTok by Vangu.<\/p>\n

During sentencing, Evans said Vangu displayed a “complete absence of empathy,” laughing as evidence was shown to the jury at trial.<\/p>\n

A Probation Service report stated he had “enjoyed humiliating and targeting” his victims.<\/p>\n

\"Leicester<\/p>\n

The duo were given 11- and seven-year sentences at Leicester Crown Court<\/p>\n

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HIGH SHERIFF OF LEICESTERSHIRE<\/p>\n

Vangu was found guilty of four counts of robbery, 10 counts of blackmail and one count of actual bodily harm following a trial.<\/p>\n

He had previously pleaded guilty to a separate count of actual bodily harm.<\/p>\n

His 11-year sentence was accompanied by an extended licence period of three years.<\/p>\n

Akinrinola was convicted of four counts of robbery, nine counts of blackmail and two counts of actual bodily harm, though he was acquitted on one blackmail charge.<\/p>\n

Two other men arrested over the incident \u2014 Benjamin Osadolor, 19, of Pytchley Street, Northampton, and Ayomide Ibraheem, 19, of Sedan Way, London \u2014 were cleared of all charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men have been jailed for robbing, “torturing” and “humiliating” guests at a party before uploading footage of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35884,924,55697,59,57,58,50,2331,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-715030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-across-the-uk","tag-crime","tag-east-midlands","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}