Trio jailed for involvement in acid attack murder

Three men who played a part in incidents linked to an acid attack murder have been jailed.

Drug dealer Danny Cahalane, 38, was attacked at his home in Plymouth, Devon, on 21 February 2025 and died in hospital weeks later.

Isanah Sungum, 22, from Edmonton in London, was found guilty of being part of an organised crime gang by a jury at Winchester Crown Court and was jailed for two years and two months.

Jean, 24, and Arrone Mukuna, 25, both from Camden in London, were both jailed for 16 months after being found guilty of the attempted kidnap of Cahalane about four weeks before the attack. Jean Mukuna was also jailed consecutively for three years for possession of cocaine with intent to supply.

Sungum sourced and drove a stolen Renault from London to Plymouth with fellow defendant Israel Augustus, 26, from Tottenham, London, prior to the acid attack, the court was told.

Augustus went on to carry out a direct role in the fatal incident and was convicted of murder. Sungum himself returned to London after reaching Plymouth.

Jean and Arrone Mukuna acted in a failed plot on 19 January to kidnap Cahalane under the direction of an overseas drug boss, Ryan Kennedy, known as Frost.

The court heard that Cahalane owed £120,000 debt to Kennedy.

During the four-month-long trial, jurors were told the Mukunas travelled from London to Oreston in Plymouth and waited in a car at The Quay with instructions to confront Cahalane after he dropped off his daughter to his ex-wife, Paris Wilson.

When Cahalane returned to his vehicle, the brothers and a third man emerged to corner him.

Cahalane managed to speed away and escape the abduction attempt.

Because this initial kidnapping plot failed, the gang escalated their tactics, culminating in the fatal acid attack on Cahalane.

During sentencing, the judge - Ms Justice Norton - told the Mukunas: "This was an offence that required a high degree of planning, it required coordination to ensure everyone was in the right place at the right time."

Jean Mukuna had previously admitted a charge of possessing cocaine which had a value of £1,760.

Wilson, 35, from Plymouth, and fellow defendant Ramarnee Bakas, 23, of Islington, London were found guilty of manslaughter by the jury.

The jury also returned guilty verdicts for murder on Abdulrasheed Adedoja, 23, from Neasden, London, and Augustus. Sentencing is set for those defendants on 11 June.

The court heard Wilson had been instrumental in the attack and the attempted kidnapping, passing information about Cahalane's movements to Kennedy.

The jury accepted the prosecution case that Wilson knew "exactly what was coming" and was prepared to let it happen.

Jude Hill, 44, from Plymouth, who was found not guilty of murder and the alternative charge of manslaughter, was jailed for two years and eight months after admitting supplying cannabis.

Hill, who the court heard had "multiple connections" with Kennedy, was Cahalane's sister-in-law through her sister, Louise Hill - the mother of Cahalane's son.

She was in Thailand when the fatal acid assault happened and told police she knew nothing about it and was "devastated" by his death.

During the trial, the jury saw messages showing her trying to organise cannabis trafficking into the UK using a disabled courier.

Ms Justice Norton told Hill during sentencing: "The volumes you were concerned in supplying were considerably more than street-dealing quantities."