Friday 22 April 2022 18:43 . Last May, Obi Nwokeh, 19, and Christopher Omoregrie, 18, were found guilty of murder, with Samson Odegbune, 18, convicted of murder in August. Adonis Akra, 18, Samuel Roberts, 19, and Femi Oderinwale, 18, were found guilty of manslaughter and given 12 years' detention each. Police officers stopped the bus and found a selection of knives as well as blade-sharpening steels which were covered in the victim's blood. Victoria Osoteku was convicted of the manslaughter of Sofyen Belamouadden by a majority verdict at the Old Bailey. The judge said the youths had shown no remorse and had not acknowledged responsibility for the death. So brazen and confident were his killers that they openly carried the various weapons that they used with them as they ran towards him and together hunted him down. The court heard that she was behind a youth who led the charge with a Samurai sword. 2023 BBC. Victoria Osoteku, 19, the only girl in the gang, will be sentenced next week after being found guilty of manslaughter. Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, Baby's body found as police continue to question couple, Man survives 31 days in jungle by eating worms, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Prince Andrew offered Frogmore Cottage - reports. Christopher Omoregie, now 28, was one of three teenagers found guilty of murdering 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden at a busy London tube station in 2010. CCTV footage from inside the station showed helpless Sofyen being knocked to the ground and surrounded. Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail Osoteku was one of the teenagers responsible for setting up the fight. What's he waiting for? Judge Christopher Moss QC ordered the three to be detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure the juvenile equivalent of a life sentence owing to their ages at the time of the killing. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The following locations in the U.S. are known to have at one time housed a Victoria Station restaurant: In 1979, Daiei and Wendy's International formed a joint company called Wenco Japan Inc. that operated Victoria Station franchise steak houses and Wendy's fast-food restaurants in Japan. Three teenagers were acquitted of all charges. 5SAH Webinar EncroChat- Practical Steps for a Defence Lawyer what do we know so far? Scientists are debating whether it's possible to harness the power of gravity for interstellar space travel. The murder was the result of simmering tensions between pupils at a sixth form college in Ladbroke Grove, west London and teenagers from his school and surrounding areas, the court has heard. That night the Ladbroke Grove pupils plotted their revenge on Facebook, with Oderinwale, then 16, acting as an 'armourer'. Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, suffered multiple stab wounds when he was attacked at Victoria Underground station on Thursday. Adonis Akra, 18, Samuel Roberts, 19, and Femi Oderinwale, 18, were found guilty of manslaughter during earlier hearings. . ', By Junior Bayode, now 19, was 16 when he joined a 20-strong mob that chased and killed Sofyen Belamouadden in front of hundreds of commuters at Victoria station. The jury were told Sofyen Belamouadden, aged 15, was hunted down punched, kicked and stabbed by up to 20 youths in the ticket hall of the Underground station. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. DeSantis won't say he's running. Sofyen's mother Naina Ghailan reacted angrily to the sentence. Mark Heywood QC, prosecuting, said the "merciless" knife attack on the schoolboy took place in front of hundreds of commuters. Judge Christopher Moss said Osoteku must share part of the responsibility for the death because she assisted in buying a set of knives during her lunch hour. The teenager was one of the group who was armed with a knife, which the jury heard he used after Sofyen fell on to the floor during the attack. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. A pack of up to 20 students aged between 15 and 18 went to Victoria underground station in London armed with a set of kitchen knives bought for 3.99 from Argos, a Samurai sword, flick knives, metal bars and extendable batons which were used to batter the GCSE pupil with 'indescribable aggression'. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The argument is thought to be over a girl and had arisen before at a 'rave' the previous Christmas and again on March 23 and 24. contact the editor here. The trial judge also intervened at one case to clear five defendants of murder because they were not in the group around Sofyen when he was killed. 'So brazen and confident were his killers, they openly carried the various weapons they used with them as they ran towards him and hunted him down.'. In the end three teenagers were convicted of murder, five, including Bayode, of manslaughter, two of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, and seven of violent disorder. They had arrived at the station armed with a mass of weapons, including the Argos knife set, flick knives, metal bars, extendable batons and swords. Sofyen died after being chased by about 20 pupils across the Terminus Way concourse and into the London Underground station. It explains why for a trivial slight they came to exact a dreadful revenge.. Roberts from Camberwell, Nwokeh from Borough, Osoteku, Amoah from Denmark Hill and the four other defendants deny murder, conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm and violent disorder. "That confidence and arrogance came too from knowing that between them they were so heavily armed that no other individual or smaller group or even a police officer or member of station staff could stop them.". They didn't expect these kind of weapons and almost certainly didn't expect the level of ferocity, said Mr Heywood. Junior Bayode, now 19, is 17th person to be convicted over killing after being found guilty of manslaughter, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, died from multiple stab wounds after being chased by a 20-strong mob through Victoria station in London in March 2010. Bayode was the last of 20 people to be tried in connection to Sofyen's death. [6] The restaurant was grossing $90,000 monthly during its first year of operations. "He was a star in the making. TWELVE teenagers have this morning been charged with the murder of 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden from Acton. Roberts, 17, booted the victim's head three times as if he 'were kicking a rugby football'. Other defendants, who also communicated by texts, talked about the madness that was going to take place the next day. 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There were also drops on Roberts' trainers and a black jacket worn by one of the 17-year-olds . He was given no chance of life. and 2023 BBC. Obi Nwokeh, 19, Christopher Omoregie, 18, and Samsom Odegbune, 18, were convicted of murder. Sofyen was confronted by a group with a sword at Victoria station before being chased into the Tube station where he was stabbed nine times, including to the lung and chest. Following the attack 12 of the 20 suspects boarded a C10 bus and appeared hyper and pumped up to other passengers. appalling rush-hour attack at Victoria Station, Central London, last . Such was their arrogance that they carried out that kind of attack in heart of the capital city and public place, the terminus of the station at the height of rush hour and in the sight of scores, if not hundreds of people passing by going to their own homes.. Legal restrictions in identifying them have been lifted. Tube drivers will stage first of three 24-hour strikes over a "breakdown in industrial relations". A man has been convicted of the manslaughter of a schoolboy who was fatally stabbed in a gang attack during rush hour at London's Victoria station. The "ferocious and merciless" attack was the end of a minor confrontation between pupils from two west London schools the day before in the fast food area of Victoria mainline station. He said: Sofyen was chased across Terminus Place, the area in front of the station, by these eight defendants and a dozen others. On the previous day, March 24, the two groups of rival teens were seen arguing at the station. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Four youths, were sentenced on 14 October last year to two years' detention after admitting violent disorder. On the "entry platform" to each restaurant was a London-style phone booth. 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When Dave was 11, his brother Christopher, who is currently still in prison, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years, under the law of joint enterprise, for his involvement in the March 2010 gang murder of 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden at London Victoria station. Request Line (877) 440-1047. Five teenagers have been convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy at Victoria station in central London. . Two teenagers have been found guilty of his murder in March 2010. His attackers used a 3.99 five-piece knife set bought from Argos, as well as batons, iron bars and a samurai sword in an act described as one of "indescribable aggression". Sofyen Belamouadden killing: final conviction over Victoria station death Joint-enterprise murder prosecution ends with case of Junior Bayode who joined 20-strong charge against 15-year-old. The group pursued Sofyen into the station, down the escalator and into the ticket hall, where a smaller group hacked, kicked and battered him to death in front of scores of commuters. Osoteku was arrested at college on March 30, having already lied to her foster mother by claiming she had not been at the murder scene. Another to the front of the chest sliced through a rib and in to the heart and nicked one of his vertebrae. Nor do you in any way acknowledge responsibility for the killing.' The victim, who was studying for GCSEs, was hunted down and set upon with knives and metal bars in front of hundreds of commuters at Victoria station in a murder captured on CCTV. Victoria Station was a chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. Sofyen, a promising footballer, was stabbed nine times in the lungs and chest in a 12-second attack. The jury were told Sofyen Belamouadden, aged 15, was "hunted down" punched, kicked and stabbed by up to 20 youths in the ticket hall of the Underground station. Read about our approach to external linking. Friday 22 April 2022 16:46 CCTV footage of the group running through Victoria station O n the day they killed him, Sofyen Belamouadden got up at seven and went into his mother's bedroom to. As the ringleaders of the attack, Odegbune, 18, Omoregie, 18, and Nwokeh, 19, were sentenced to a minimum of 18 years behind bars after being convicted at the Old Bailey of murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. [7] The coaches in the restaurant used four of the coaches from Flying Scotsman's tour of America. The prosecution, which stretched over nearly two years and involved five criminal trials, has resulted in juries convicting fewer than half of the 20 originally charged with murder over the killing of Sofyen. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA Sandra. He added: Not one of them felt alone, or vulnerable or could be challenged or overwhelmed. 16:32 GMT 20 Apr 2012 Sofyen Belamouadden was chased by an armed group of 20 teenagers before being stabbed, punched and kicked. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA, Sofyen Belamouadden killing: final conviction over Victoria station death, Victoria station killing: commuters shocked by knives, bars and batons, TheVictoria station killing verdict and the perils of applying joint enterprise. 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