A Zimbabwe teenager has been jailed for a minimum 24 years for stabbing another teen to death as part of a gang turf war in Kent, UK. ...
A Zimbabwe teenager has been jailed for a minimum 24 years
for stabbing another teen to death as part of a gang turf war in Kent, UK.
The Guardian reports that Victor Maibvisira (19 was part of a gang of five who
stabbed Kyle Yule (17). Victor, Shezakia Daley, 18, both of Gillingham; Tyler
Ralph, of Hertfordshire, and Ephrain Akinwunmi-Streets, of Sittingbourne, both
17; and 16-year-old Jordan Dania, of Croydon, were all convicted of his murder
after an eight-week trial.
Some of the defendants’ relatives, who were sat in the
packed courtroom, fell to the floor in tears as they were led away. None of the
defendants reacted to their sentences. The sentences will be served in youth
detention centres until the defendants turn 21.
The ringleader, Maibvisira, will serve a minimum term of 24
years, while the others will each serve a minimum term of 16 years. The judge
warned that they may never be released.
During the trial, the court heard that the five defendants,
including Maibvisira who was known by his tag name V, were on East Street when
they encountered a Renault Clio with Yule inside.
In an effort to force him out of the vehicle, a witness
said the “group were smashing the car as if they were possessed”.
Yule escaped from the car and ran towards his best friend’s
home where he was knocked to the ground and attacked in the front garden.
A witness told officers the group chasing him “were on him
like vultures, kicking and punching him”.
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