Two men from Lewisham and Lee have been found guilty of kicking a professional gambler to death for his winnings.

Kyrron Jackson, 28, of Romborough Way, and Nicholas Chandler, 29, were found guilty at The Old Bailey today of murdering Mehmet Hassan after being let into his Islington flat.

Their accomplice in the 'honeytrap', Leonie Granger, 25, from Gillingham, was found guilty of manslaughter but found not guilty of murder.

Granger deliberately targeted 56-year-old Mr Hassan in March last year after meeting him in a Mayfair casino.

The court heard how Mr Hassan was oblivious to the sting as he wined and dined the woman he knew as Rachel, even bragging to his friends that he was not paying her to be with him.

On the night of the murder, Mr Hassan had taken her back to his flat in Islington where she made her excuses and left in a taxi - but not before letting in her boyfriend Jackson and his friend Chandler.

Using parcel tape, the two men tied up Mr Hassan in his bedroom then kicked him to death and ransacked his home, seaching for money.

The jury were shown a video of the three defendants throwing the victim’s money around while Mr Hassan's beaten and bloody body lay undiscovered.

The fact the divorced father-of-three "enjoyed the company of women" made him particularly "vulnerable to the unscrupulous", prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC told jurors.

He said Mr Hassan's death was the "culmination of the ruthless greed" of Jackson and Chandler who had been involved in two armed robberies at the same casino in South Kensington in January and February last year but with limited success.

In her defence, Granger admitted she had been involved in a plan to rob Mr Hassan, but denied being party to the murder.

While Jackson denied involvement in the murder, Chandler told the court they had both gone to an address in Islington.

He said while his friend went inside the flat, he had stayed in the car outside playing Flappy Bird and Candy Crush.

Jackson and Chandler were further convicted of robbing Mr Hassan, two counts of plotting to rob employees of Grosvenor Casinos, two counts of conspiracy to have a shotgun and imitation firearm in January last year, and two counts of conspiracy to falsely imprison.

Members of Mr Hassan's family sat in court throughout the trial.

There was a disturbance in the dock after the verdicts were delivered when Chandler began lashing out.