Facts of the Case
R v Luga (2017)
The facts of the case are that between 11:00 and 11:15 on the morning of the 6th of October 2013, firearms officers
... [Show More] were called to a bedsit in North-West London following reports of gunshots. When officers entered the flat, they found Milo Dibra, a 27-year-old, Albanian national, lying dead on his living room floor. Mr Dibra had sustained six bullet wounds to his head. Mr Dibra also suffered four stab wounds to his neck as he lay dead on the floor of his flat. There were no signs of forced entry to the flat, in fact, Mr Dibra was still dressed in his pyjamas and had made hot drinks for himself and someone else – he seemingly was expecting a visitor. We assert that the visitor was Artan Luga, the defendant.
Now, it must be said that the victim, Mr Dibra, was not a particularly savoury character. In fact, Mr Dibra was involved in a very lucrative parking meter scam and had also been involved in criminal activities in his home country. It is your job, as a jury, to make your decision based solely on the evidence presented to you. Just because the victim had been on the wrong side of the law at times does not mean he deserved to die in such a brutal manner at the hands of a man he considered a friend. Mr Luga is a compulsive gambler who owed Mr Dibra a lot of money. This was money that Mr Dibra had lent to Mr Luga and asked him, in good faith, to look after. Mr Dibra had been pressing for the money that this defendant was required to give him, and that money was at least tens of thousands of pounds, maybe as much as £250,000. Milo Dibra had made threats to the defendant and his family if he didn’t urgently hand over the money he owed.
These demands presented the defendant with a serious dilemma. Mr Luga was in financial difficulties at the time due to gambling debts of £100,000 he had incurred separately, alongside substantial business debts, and he simply did not have this sort of money. The ultimatum was something he could not endure and so, under the ruse of repaying some of his debt to his friend, the defendant went to the flat with the sole intent to brutally murder him and thus assuage his debt. [Show Less]