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Romanian fake escort and her boyfriend face jail for killing big game hunter and wealthy businessman with date rape drug in sex scam
A Romanian couple, Adina Mihai, 31, and her boyfriend Madalin Dumitru, 30, have been jailed for 17 years at Oxford Crown Court after admitting manslaughter over the poisoning deaths of two men in a sex-scam robbery scheme. Mihai posed online as an escort to gain access to wealthy men's homes, where she drugged their drinks before letting Dumitru in to steal valuables; the case drew attention after the nine-year-old son of one victim gave a heart-wrenching pre-recorded statement asking why the killers "didn't just take his money" rather than kill his father.
The pair, from Ilford, Essex, killed glazing businessman Gary Mouat, 36, at his home in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in July 2025, and Cotswolds-based big-game hunter and millionaire Malcolm King, 80, in August 2024, both using the sedative GBL slipped into wine. They also poisoned two further men who survived. Mihai would lure victims by arranging to meet them at their homes, drug them, then contact Dumitru, who waited outside before entering to steal jewellery and other valuables; the couple were arrested in July 2025 after a victim accused Mihai of theft, and pleaded guilty in June 2026 ahead of a scheduled trial.
In short
- Romanian couple jailed 17 years for poisoning two men to death in robbery scam
- Fake escort Mihai drugged victims' drinks; boyfriend Dumitru stole valuables
- Victim's nine-year-old son gave moving statement asking why they killed his father
Explained simply
GBL is a sedative that can cause serious harm when mixed with alcohol. In this case, prosecutors said Adina Mihai arranged meetings at men’s homes while presenting herself online as an escort, then put the drug in their drinks so her boyfriend, Madalin Dumitru, could enter and steal valuables.
The two men who died were Gary Mouat, a businessman from Banbury, and Malcolm King, a wealthy big-game hunter who lived in the Cotswolds. Two other men were also drugged but survived. The case involves the danger of drink-spiking and the risks people face when someone gains access to their home through a meeting arranged online.
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