Two men have been jailed for a total of 18 years after posting incriminating videos of themselves on social media.
Today (Monday 27 July) at Leicester Crown Court, 20-year-old Richile Vangu was sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment plus a three-year extended sentence.
Oluwatobiloba Akinrinola, 19, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
The pair were each found guilty of a raft of offences on 19 June this year following a trial at the same court.
Their crimes came to the attention of police in the early hours of 21 November 2025, when a report was received that a group had attended an open party in North Kilworth which had been advertised on Snapchat.
Shortly after arriving, Vangu began threatening attendees with a knife and demanding they handed over designer clothing. He also forced them to transfer money into his bank account and made some of them dance for him, which was filmed on a mobile phone by another man.
Some victims were then told to go to an address in Bath Lane in Leicester later that day after telling him they could not transfer money. When they arrived there, Vangu fired a BB gun at them and repeatedly whipped one of the victims with a belt. Some of the group were also punched repeatedly.
This too was filmed by one of the group and uploaded to social media.
Vangu, known on TikTok as ‘Trixta’, was arrested at an address in London on 27 November.
During the ongoing investigation, officers found among those who had been with him were Akinrinola and two others who were then arrested between 3 and 15 December.
Following the trial Vangu, of Bowes Road in Southgate, London, was found guilty of:
Four counts of robbery relating to the events in North Kilworth
Six counts of blackmail at the same location
Four counts of blackmail at the events in Bath Lane
One count of causing actual bodily harm (ABH) relating to a victim in Bath Lane
He also pleaded guilty to a further count of causing actual bodily harm relating to another victim at a previous hearing.
Akinrinola, of Slippers Place in Southwark, London, was found guilty of
Six counts of blackmail at the North Kilworth event
Three counts of the same charge at Bath Lane
Four counts of robbery in North Kilworth
Two counts of causing actual bodily harm to two victims in Bath Lane