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Father of murdered Norwegian socialite pleads with Arab suspect to face justice in BritainThe father of a Norwegian socialite raped and murdered after a night out in London pleaded with the prime suspect to return from Yemen to face justice after an inquest ruled she was unlawfully killed. 
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Martine Vik Magnussen (left) and Farouk Abdulhak Photo: PA
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Norwegian socialite Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was found semi-naked in the basement of a block of flats in London Photo: PA
By Heidi Blake 2:49PM GMT 24 Nov 2010
Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, had been drinking and taking cocaine in the hours before she was murdered in March 2008, her inquest heard yesterday.
Her semi-naked and battered body was found buried in rubble in Farouk Abdulhak’s basement after the pair were spotted leaving a nightclub together in the early hours of the morning.
Farouk, 23, fled to Yemen via Cairo on his father’s private jet 14 hours after Miss Magnussen was declared missing by her flatmates the following day.
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Abdulhak, who is one of Britain’s most wanted men, is now believed to be living in a large holiday property protected by armed guards in the remote village of Thaba Abous in southern Yemen.
The country has no extradition treaty with Britain and the government has refused a request to return him on rape and murder charges.
Odd Petter Magnussen, the victim’s father, said as he left Westminster Coroners Court yesterday: “This really shows the absurdity of the situation that surrounds this case. We have a suspect who has fled to a country where he is untouchable.
“I appeal to the suspect to put himself forward to the British authorities so that my family can go forward with our lives in the best way we can.”
The 58-year-old also appealed to Abdulhak’s father, Shaher, a wealthy Yemeni businessman, to turn his son in.
“We all know that in these cultures the father is a very dominant person within the family, and he is also a person with a lot of international business, so I would urge him to take responsibility for his loved ones,” he said.
The inquest heard that Miss Magnussen was a “popular and kind girl” who came from “a very close and loving family”.
She had come to London from her home in Oslo because she felt she needed a “change of direction” and enrolled to study international business relations at the Regent’s Business School, where she quickly settled in and made friends.
Miss Magnussen went home with Abdulhak, whom she had known for around eight months, after a night out with friends at the exclusive Maddox nightclub in Mayfair on March 13.
The court heard that her flatmates became worried when she did not return to their home in Chelsea the following morning and raised the alarm after failing to track her down during the day.
Abdulhak became a suspect after her top was found in his flat, police said. Officers found Miss Magnussen’s battered body in his basement after breaking through a locked door with a battering ram.
Miss Magnussen’s mother, Christine, broke down as PC James Tauber described finding her arm protruding from a pile of rubble.
Her body was heavily contaminated with sand and her skin had been eroded by alkaline cement, the inquest heard.
The student’s jeans, Guess watch, Marc Jacobs handbag, snakeskin shoes and Christian Dior earrings had been stolen.
Dr Nathaniel Cary, who performed the post mortem on Miss Magnussen, said she had 43 “substantial” injuries to her head, face, neck and body.
Her mother wept as the inquest heard that toxicology tests had shown she had been drinking and taking cocaine in the hours before she died. There was also evidence that she had been raped.
Dr Cary said he had recorded the cause of death as “compression of the neck” rather than strangulation because it was possible that she had been killed by being “held down by the neck with an object or a foot”.
Giving a verdict of unlawful killing, Dr Paul Knapman, the coroner, said: “I fully understand the feelings of Mr Magnussen. This court has every sympathy in his frustration and grief.”
He said of the victim: “She was perceived as a trustworthy, warm and considerate person and she had a joyful focus on life and people found it fun and rewarding to be with her.”
Det Insp Richard Ambrose of the Met Police Serious Crime Group said: “The Foreign Office are liaising with the Yemeni government to try to get Mr Abdulhak back but the upshot is that whether he returns is purely his choice and at the moment he chooses not to.”
Mr Magnussen said his supporters were considering bringing a civil case for damages against Abdulhak and his family in Yemen.
He thanked the British authorities for their efforts to solve the crime and bring the killer to justice
