Murder of Adi Whiting

On January 14, 2024, 34-year-old British man Adrian "Adi" Whiting was murdered outside of the Carpenters Arms pub in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Whiting was struck on the head with a baseball bat while his wife and children were inside the building. The murderer was identified as 36-year-old Maksim Iliev.

Event

Iliev was seen having an altercation with his partner outside of the building. Whiting, an employee of the pub, walked out with a bat, which was ripped from his hands and used to murder him. Whiting died ten days after the attack in hospital on January 24, 2024, and had his organs donated, saving five lives in the process.

Arrest and trial

Iliev was arrested and sentence to jail for 17 years. His partner, Katya Tsoneva, was also jailed for two years for plotting to help Iliev flee the country.
On October 3, 2025, Rumen Dambinov was taken into custody for helping hide Maksim Iliev and trying to raise money for the man to flee to Bulgaria.