Five Convicted in Danny Cahalane Fatal Acid Attack

A jury at Winchester Crown Court convicted five defendants on Thursday in connection with the fatal acid attack on Danny Cahalane, a 38-year-old father of two from Plymouth, who died from his injuries on May 3, 2025, more than 10 weeks after the assault at his home on Lipson Road on February 21.

Israel Augustus, 26, from Tottenham, London, and Abdulrasheed Adedoja, 23, from Neasden, London, were found guilty of murder. Paris Wilson, 35, Cahalane's ex-wife from Plymouth, and Ramarnee Bakas-Sithole, 23, from London, were convicted of manslaughter. The verdicts came after an 18-week trial and over 40 hours of jury deliberations. Sentencing is scheduled for next month.

Prosecutors stated that the attack stemmed from a drug debt of around 120,000 pounds that Cahalane owed to Ryan Kennedy, a drug supplier known as Frost, who operates from locations including Dubai. Cahalane managed drug operations in Plymouth but incurred the debt after a subordinate fled to New Zealand without paying and after losses from gambling. From his hospital bed before dying, Cahalane told police that Kennedy had ordered the attack.

Wilson provided Kennedy with information on Cahalane's whereabouts, acting as...