Billionaire ADMITS killing Martine Vik Magnussen 16 years after naked body found in Mayfair in ‘sex game gone wrong’
THE playboy son of a billionaire has admitted his role in the death of Martine Vik Magnusson in what he says was “a sex game gone wrong”.
Farouk Abdulhak, 35, fled to Yemen in 2008 via private jet, hours after allegedly raping and murdering the Norwegian student in his Mayfair flat.
Since the 23-year-old’s murder after a night out, Abdulhak has refused to return to face trial in the UK.
But texts in BBC documentary Murder in Mayfair, airing tonight, show the son of late Yemeni billionaire Shaher Abdulhak, revealing: “I did something when I was younger. It was a mistake”.
He was tracked down by Beeb journalist Nawal Al-Maghafi who exchanged messages and a phone call with the alleged killer.
In their conversation he told Ms Al-Maghafi “I don’t now what happened, it’s all a blur” and how “if I smell certain female perfume I feel uncomfortable”.
But he added Martine’s death was: “Just a sex accident gone wrong.
“No one knows because I could barely piece together what happened.”
When she asked Abdulhak if he had any regrets, he said: “I deeply regret the unfortunate accident that happened.”
Abdulhak later told her he would not be going back to the UK because they would “make an example of me being the son of an Arab” despite admitting he regretted fleeing.
He also grimly joked: “I don’t like the weather there.”
Martine was found dead in rubble in a basement in Great Portland Street, Westminster, after a night out with friends to celebrate being top of the class in her exams.
Police said she had been strangled and raped.
A post-mortem examination gave her cause of death as compression to the neck.
Chilling CCTV showed her leaving Mayfair’s exclusive nightclub Maddox at 2am on March 14 with Abdulhak, nicknamed ‘DP’ for his love of Dom Perignon champagne.
She had previously dated her alleged killer, a fellow student at the £10,000 a year Regent’s Business School.
He was on his father’s private jet within hours where he flew to Egypt then onto Yemen.
Abdulhak – whose soft drink and petrol tycoon dad was worth £6.8billion – now works in Cryptocurrency.
Martine’s dad, Odd Petter Magnussen, told the billionaire heir “you cannot hide forever” as he demanded he return to the UK to face justice.
He tells the BBC: “He tried to portray it as a mutual accidental outcome of a sex act.
“It was definitely a sex act, but it was forced on Martine – as I can understand through the information I’ve gathered over the years.”
When asked if he would speak to Ms Magnussen’s father, Odd Petter, Abdulhak said: “It would be too hard for me.
“It’s been 14 years. What’s another year or two. I don’t really care. I don’t want to talk about this. Move on please. It’s making me feel uncomfortable.”
Because there is no extradition treaty between the UK and Yemen, it is difficult to force the alleged killer to return.
BBC Two’s Murder in Mayfair will be broadcast at 9pm on March 28.