Norwich turf war: London gang member guilty of rambo knife murder

A London drug runner has been found guilty of murdering a rival teenager in a "ferocious" two-minute raid at a Norwich flat, marking a bloody escalation in a county lines turf war.

Leon Bangura, 21 (DOB: 01/01/2004), of Old Kent Road, London, was convicted today (8 January 2026) at Norwich Crown Court following a harrowing 12-week trial. The jury reached a unanimous verdict after eight hours of deliberation, finding Bangura guilty of the murder of 19-year-old Kalvin Taylor.

The court heard that Mr Taylor, a member of the ‘Batman’ drugs line, was "executed" on the afternoon of Sunday, 15 September 2024. His body lay undiscovered on a sofa in a state of decomposition for nearly a week until a member of the public alerted police on 21 September.

The Fatal Raid

The prosecution detailed how Bangura, a soldier for the rival ‘Lenny’ line, stormed a flat on Lefroy Road accompanied by two locals, Adam Dugdale and Carrie-Anne Hall. The trio "rushed" the property at 1:00 PM after Dugdale used a pretext to get the door opened.

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While Hall attempted to pin the tenant in a bedroom, the intruders confronted Mr Taylor in the lounge. The teenager was found in possession of a "small football-sized" ball of drug wraps, estimated to be worth £5,000. After demanding "Where's the money?" and seizing a jacket containing cash, Bangura plunged a Rambo-style knife into Mr Taylor’s chest.

"It’s done, let’s get out of here," Bangura reportedly told his accomplices before they fled the scene in a waiting unlicensed taxi.

The Aftermath

The tenant of the flat, who swerved a second stabbing attempt by Bangura, told the court he left a window open in the hope that the body would be discovered and left Mr Taylor’s phone nearby so he could be identified.

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