Couple drove 50 miles with 'toddlers in car to carry out murder' in London

Couple drove 50 miles with 'toddlers in car to carry out murder' in LondonBen Wazabanga, 24, and Ronique Belfon, 23, are accused of driving more than 50 miles with two children and killing Ayowale Aladejana outside his London home in a 'business arrangement gone sour'NewsZahra Khaliq News Reporter15:32, 14 Apr 2026Updated 15:33, 14 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesAyowale Aladejana was stabbed outside his home, the court heard(Image: Met Police)A couple murdered a business associate after driving more than 50 miles with two small children in their car for a confrontation over unpaid debts, a court has heard.Ben Wazabanga, 24, and Ronique Belfon, 23, are accused of killing Ayowale Aladejana outside his home in Monson Road, New Cross, south London, when he owed them money in a "business arrangement gone sour".Southwark Crown Court heard Mr Aladejana, 26, had set up a car rental scheme, with Wazabanga and Belfon both involved as investors. But prior to his death, the couple believed he owed them money and were struggling to track him down, it is said.Wazabanga was armed with a hunting knife, it is said, as he and Belfon travelled from their home in Bedford to south London on the evening of August 2 2025, with children aged one and two in the back of the car.View 2 ImagesThe case is being heard at Southwark Crown Court (Image: BPM MEDIA)Speaking of the victim, Prosecutor James Brown KC said: "The person who stabbed him was the first defendant, Mr Wazabanga. "He stabbed him ... in the chest, piercing his heart. Mr Wazabanga used a knife which he had brought to the scene."He said Belfon had driven Wazabanga "to try and find" Mr Aladejana, and she is accused of parking across the road from his home "to be able to see" the confrontation that ensued."After the stabbing, Miss Belfon drove Wazabanga away from the scene, pausing only briefly to allow him to run back and recover his mobile phone," said Mr Brown. &quo...