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This chilling CCTV footage shows a care worker with a professional gambler before she allegedly lured him to his death in a 'honey trap' murder.

The footage shows 56-year-old Mehmet Hassan arriving at the exclusive Palm Beach Casino, in Mayfair, with Leonie Granger, 25.

Later that evening Mr Hassan took Granger back to his flat where he was allegedly set upon by Kyrron Jackson and Nicholas Chandler, who tied the father-of-three up and savagely kicked to death so they could steal his casino winnings, the Old Bailey has been told.

The trio all deny murder.

Also shown to the jury yesterday was a photograph of Mr Hassan and Granger as he wined and dined her before taking her to the casino.

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Prosecutor Crispin Aylett, QC, said the photo was part of an 'absolute treasure trove' of evidence found on Granger's phone, including a video of the killers 'literally spraying' the victim's money around.

WhatsApp messages and an analysis of the phone indicate Granger sent the photograph to Jackson on the night of March 23 last year, to which he responded: "He looks oooold", the jury was told.

"He is, I told you," came Granger's 'heartless' reply, the prosecutor said.

About half an hour later she allegedly said: "We've come palm beach. Were gonna eat then go his yard. He's getting drunk. On 2nd bottle of champs,".

The prosecution allege that the woman had enabled her accomplices to get into the flat.

"It would have been easy for her leave the communal door ajar; the keys to Mr Hassan's flat have never been recovered," said Mr Aylett.

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Police only discovered Mr Hassan's bound and beaten body the following day.

Mr Aylett said "it was clear to the police that Mr Hassan had been kicked to death", his body covered in deep bruising.

He also had a broken nose and a shoeprint on his face.

He was over the drink-drive limit and had taken cocaine.

A pathologist concluded his death was 'multi-factorial' and consistent with kicks to the head, neck and chest.

Granger, Chandler and Jackson were all arrested soon after police launched a murder investigation.

Also recovered from Granger's phone was a video of Chandler 'spraying £50 notes' over the floor while Jackson, wearing a gas-mask, stuffs them into his underpants, the jury was told.

Mr Aylett said: "The film must have been a souvenir of their time together."

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In Jackson's house police found a red Nike shoe box containing £2,600 and a gas-mask, the court heard.

He told officers he knew Granger as a 'party girl', adding: "It's like, free spirits sort of thing."

At Chandler's address there was a copy of the Evening Standard from Thursday 27 March, with the headline: 'Gambler beaten to death after winning £3,000 at Mayfair Casino: honey trap clue to poker murder.'

The previous day he had made Google searches for Armani and Gucci products, the court heard.

Mr Aylett asked jurors: "Might this have been because he had previously come into some money?"

Mr Hassan, a father-of-three, could make up to £15,000 a night at poker in Mayfair casinos, including the Palm Beach and the Playboy, the court heard.

He lived off the cash and kept his winnings in different places around his flat - his brother remembered him even storing £3,000 cash in his microwave.

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Mr Aylett said: "Anyone who was a party to rob Mehmet Hassan would, by definition, have signed up to the use, or the threat, of force in order to steal from him: that, after all, is what robbery is.

"It would have been obvious to all of them that Mehmet Hassan might get hurt.

"This, however, was no simple street mugging.

"Mehmet Hassan was 56-years-old; he was to be plied with drink; he was then to be overpowered in his own home and tied up in order that he might be robbed of his money.'

The prosecutor added: 'Quite why it was necessary for Mr Hassan to be attacked with such ferocity is something that only his murderers can explain.

"Perhaps, without the slightest possible justification, they felt aggrieved by his amorous interest in Miss Granger."

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"Perhaps they simply became frustrated when they could not, at first, find the money and they took it out on Mr Hassan," the prosecutor said.

"Whatever the truth about that is, the prosecution allege that all three defendants are, in law, responsible for his murder."

Granger, of Balmoral Road, Gillingham, Kent, denies murder and conspiracy to falsely imprison Mehmet Hassan.

She has admitted her part in the robbery of Mr Hassan.

Chandler, of Heenan Close, Barking, east London, and Jackson, of Romborough Way, Lewisham, southeast London, deny robbery, murder and conspiracy to falsely imprison Mehmet Hassan.

Chandler and Jackson also deny two further counts of conspiracy to commit robbery, two count of conspiracy to possess firearms with intent, two counts of conspiracy to possess imitation firearms and two counts of conspiracy to falsely imprison. The trial continues.