Global InformationMurder of Martine Vik Magnussen information
 Great Portland Street, where Magnussen's body was found in a block of flats. | |
| Date | 14 March 2008 |
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| Location | Great Portland Street, Marylebone, London |
The Martine Vik Magnussen case involves the rape and murder of 23-year-old Norwegian female business student Martine Vik Magnussen.[1] Her body was found hidden under rubble in the basement of a block of flats in Great Portland Street, Marylebone, London, on 16 March 2008.[2] She died from compression to the neck,[1] the cause of strangulation.[3]
Farouk Abdulhak, the son of billionaire and one of Yemen's wealthiest men Shaher Abdulhak, is the only suspect in the case.[1]
In March 2023, a BBC journalist reported that the suspect said to her (but not in person), that "I don't remember what happened". When the journalist was back in England, he allegedly texted her: "It was just an accident. [...] Just a sex accident gone wrong".[4]
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aftsuspectnamedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Police quiz clubbers over Martine". BBC News. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
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examsuccesswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Nawal Al-Maghafi (28 March 2023). "Martine Vik Magnussen: Billionaire's son admits role in death to BBC". BBC News. Retrieved 28 March 2023.