Man admits murdering wife with skateboard in Newmarket
A man who beat his wife to death in their home with a skateboard as police officers tried to force their way in has admitted murder.
Olobunmi Abodunde, 48, was standing trial over the death of Taiwo Abodunde, 41, but admitted killing her in an unexpected late plea in court.
Ipswich Crown Court heard she suffered "catastrophic injuries" after she was strangled and beaten with a skateboard in Newmarket, Suffolk, on 28 November.
Sentencing will take place on 9 May.
The prosecution said police had been called to the couple's home on Exning Road a number of times before over domestic incidents, including the day before the fatal attack.
Abodunde had been bailed and warned not to visit the property but, after finishing a night shift in Tesco, he went there shortly before 10:00 GMT.
Two officers arrived at the couple's home eight minutes later for a scheduled follow up visit with Mrs Abodunde about the previous day's domestic incident.
"They heard a number of bangs, which the Crown suggest was the defendant continuing to attack his wife," prosecutor Stephen Spence KC told the court.
When the officers forced entry to the property they found Mrs Abodunde "clearly dead" on the floor close to the front door, the court was told.
The court heard Mrs Abodunde, a nurse, suffered "catastrophic injuries", including broken ribs and having her skull "smashed in" with a skateboard after being "throttled".
Asked by Judge Martyn Levett for his plea, Abodunde, a Nigerian national, said: "I am guilty, Sir."
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