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topeorekoy (m)
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A former British heavyweight boxer who was shot when he asked customers at a club to stop smoking has been declared brain dead, his solicitor has said.
Scott Ewing said James Oyebola's life-support machine would be switched off by doctors on Friday.
Mr Oyebola, 47, was shot in the head and leg in a courtyard at the back of Chateau 6 in Fulham Road, south-west London, in the early hours of Monday.
His attackers opened fire as they left the club and fled on foot.
Final farewell
Mr Ewing said his client was being kept alive on Thursday so family members could pay their last respects.
Consultants will legally declare him dead just before midday on Friday and switch off his life-support machine.
Mr Ewing said: "James is now brain dead. There will be a meeting tomorrow where two consultants will do legally required tests.
"He is being artificially kept alive for members of the family to pay their last respects. But there's no chance, none whatsoever."
Police believe three black suspects, aged between 19 and 25, ran from the club in separate directions.
Mr Oyebola, who was born in Nigeria, won 18 of his 23 fights, and was a bronze medallist at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.
He won the WBC international heavyweight title in 1993 and retired in 1996
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A-40 (m)
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O ma se o!  |
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doyin13 (m)
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Men all this black boys wey no sabi behave themselves wan turn militant finish.
You know the funny thing. Before I dey talk say because I be 6 foot plus all this boys no go test me.
But as them don fall 6 foot 7 bros now, he be like say me too I dey go purchase my own gun.
So if I fall, I know say no be only me dey go.
The likkle ras-clots
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crazykid (m)
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It was all his fault. He had no reason to confront those people.
They weren't smoking on his head, I don't see why someone would get into something that's none of his business.
I'D say he got what he deserved.
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doyin13 (m)
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Crazykid u harsh o.
There is currently a new smoking ban in the Uk and na bouncers them go call to enforce am
And as I don do bouncer work before, my sympathises are definitely with the victim here.
Besides, na gun person go use settle disagreements for this modern age. this no b wild wild west now
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Seun (m)
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A link to the source, dear sir?
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crazykid (m)
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Crazykid u harsh o.
There is currently a new smoking ban in the Uk and na bouncers them go call to enforce am
And as I don do bouncer work before, my sympathises are definitely with the victim here.
Besides, na gun person go use settle disagreements for this modern age. this no b wild wild west now
He had no reason to confront them those guys were high, and armed. So confronting such people is the same as sucide. |
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