Bogdan kills Gianni and fakes his escape

Bogdan kills Gianni Gunduz and fakes his escape is a retaliatory killing recounted by Bogdan to Stephen, and an account of how planning, an accomplice, and deliberately planted clues make a death appear to be flight. Bogdan acts because Gianni has killed Kazimir; afterward, he directs attention toward Cyprus, while removing evidence and money from Gianni’s home. The story’s careful sequence makes the false escape part of the act itself: Bogdan does not merely kill Gianni, but constructs an alternative explanation for his absence.

Background and Motive

Bogdan explains that he had initially thought Kazimir might have run away, perhaps returning home and keeping out of sight. That possibility ends when he hears Gianni boast to friends about shooting a man in the woods who had done the digging. Gianni’s talk reaches Bogdan, and the killing of Kazimir becomes the reason Bogdan decides to act. His account links the murder to loyalty: he says that he and Steve Georgiou both liked Kazimir.

The conversation takes place over a chess game. Before explaining his plan, Bogdan considers his bishop and whether Stephen might have a move prepared; later, Stephen attacks that bishop with a pawn, just as Bogdan had anticipated. The exchange gives the recollection a second, quieter sequence: Bogdan describes a plan built around anticipating what others will believe while continuing to attend to the board in front of him. His later explanation that he was waiting for the right time to deal with Tony Curran makes the same emphasis on patience explicit, though the killing of Gianni is the event being recounted here.

The Port Arrangement

Bogdan says he contacted Gianni and asked for a private meeting, warning him not to tell Tony Curran or the others. To bring Gianni to Newhaven, he invented an offer of work and money connected to smuggling people by boat. The lie was supported by a real detail: Steve Georgiou’s cousin worked at the port as a security guard. Bogdan describes the cousin as a genuine employee who would turn a blind eye, making the false opportunity credible through an authentic connection.

The meeting was arranged for about two in the morning. Steve Georgiou accompanied Bogdan, and the two men walked with Gianni to the harbour steps, where they boarded a small boat. Bogdan presented the proposed smuggling scheme as a way to make money, while Gianni, in Bogdan’s account, focused on the offer. Once they were out on the water, Bogdan told Gianni that he was there because he had killed Kazimir and shot him. The supposed business meeting had brought Gianni into Bogdan’s reach; the explanation of the motive made clear that the meeting was not what Gianni had been led to expect.

Concealing the Killing

Afterward, Bogdan took Gianni’s keys and cards. He and Steve Georgiou weighed the body down with bricks and threw it overboard, then returned to Newhaven and thanked the security guard’s cousin, agreeing not to discuss what had happened. The account presents the port connection as more than a way to gain access: it also gave the men a route away from the scene and a reason for the guard’s silence.

Bogdan and Steve Georgiou then drove to Gianni’s house and let themselves in. They took Gianni’s passport and packed a suitcase with clothes, along with a large amount of money and other valuables. Bogdan identifies some of the cash as Tony Curran’s and says he was glad to take it. The theft served the planned disappearance as well as enriching the men: Gianni’s missing travel documents and clothes would later support the impression that he had left.

The Staged Escape and Its Aftermath

Bogdan estimates that the money amounted to about one hundred thousand pounds. He sent half—fifty thousand—to Kazimir’s family. He gave the remainder to Steve Georgiou, who wanted to open a gym; Bogdan describes this as an investment and calls Steve a good, straightforward man. The payment connects the aftermath to both the stated motive and the practical partnership: Kazimir’s family receives money, while Steve receives the capital for his intended business.

Bogdan drove Steve Georgiou to Gatwick. Steve flew to Cyprus using Gianni’s passport, then returned to England on his own passport. Bogdan says that nobody questioned the switch. He then made an anonymous call to the police, supplying enough information to be taken seriously and reporting that Gianni had killed Kazimir. The resulting raid found Gianni’s passport and clothes missing, as Bogdan had arranged. When Stephen proposes that investigators would therefore conclude Gianni had fled to Cyprus, Bogdan confirms that this was the intended effect.

Police searched for Gianni in Cyprus for a time, but he had disappeared. The investigation was eventually left to the Cypriot Police Service. With no evidence that Gianni had killed anyone and no drug money remaining in his house, the matter lost force and was eventually forgotten. Bogdan’s account thus reveals how the apparent flight was assembled from real absences, a false report, and Steve Georgiou’s brief use of Gianni’s identity. Its final emphasis is on calculation: when Stephen points out how long Bogdan took to act against Tony Curran, Bogdan answers that he was waiting and planning because he did not want to be caught. The confession makes patience, rather than impulse, the defining feature of this revenge.