. She's an adult and she should have got life. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. and Sofyen was chased to the ticket hall where he was stabbed repeatedly, Five guilty of killing Sofyen, 15, at Victoria Tube station, Five teenagers found guilty of Sofyen Belamouadden Tube station killing, Five face jail over Victoria station killing new, Five teenagers found guilty of knife killing in Tube rush hour, Visit BBC Travel to view latest traffic and travel updates for your area, Project Greenglow and the battle with gravity, The boy who refused to leave police custody. The messages which were retrieved by the police revealed they were trying to source weapons including a samurai sword, flick knives, batons, metal bars and a set of kitchen knives, which were bought for 3.99 from the catalogue shop Argos by one of the accused in the school lunchbreak on the day of the murder, the court has told. Six of the teenagers now on trial were arrested at the scene. Landing on the floor, we suggest helpless, he remained there during the entirety of the brief and ferocious attack that followed.. A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday convicted Bayode of manslaughter and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. Other youths were armed with a flick knife and a Swiss army knife, machetes and screwdrivers. The last teenager to stand trial for the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was hunted down at a central London railway station has been convicted of his killing. Read about our approach to external linking. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Obi Nwokeh, 19, Christopher Omoregie, 18, and Samsom Odegbune, 18, were convicted of murder. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, of Acton was killed by the youths from a rival school at Victoria station in 2010. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Tyrone Richards, 17, and Enoch Amoah, 19, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit GBH and were sentenced to seven years' detention. He added: 'None of you has shown any kind of remorse. Victoria Station was a chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. A breakaway group chased Sofyen into the tube ticket office area and kicked, stabbed and struck him with other weapons as travellers watched in disbelief. If it goes ahead, it will be the sixth trial since the aspiring footballer was killed in the 12-second attack. Call (712) 755-5682 for more information. There were also two wounds that went through his leg and a slash or chop wound to the top of his head. At the Old Bailey, Junior Bayode, 19, was also convicted of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. 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Roberts, 17, booted the victim's head three times as if he 'were kicking a rugby football'. They had turned up on two 52 buses around 5.14pm. Following the attack, 12 of the 20 youths boarded a bus and one was overheard saying: 'Didn't you see me run in to the station and shank him?' 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. The Victoria Station chain flourished in the 1970s, according to a memoir by former Victoria Station corporate marketing manager Tom Blake. So brazen and confident were his killers, we suggest, they openly carried the various weapons they used with them as they ran towards him and hunted him down. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire, Victoria station killing: commuters shocked by knives, bars and batons, TheVictoria station killing verdict and the perils of applying joint enterprise, Victoria station killing: man convicted over Sofyen Belamouadden death. Victoria Osoteku gloated about the attack, (Clockwise from left) Adonis Akra, Enoch Amoah, Obi Nwokeh, Samsom Odegbune, Samuel Roberts, Tyrone Richards, Christopher Omoregie and Femi Oderinwale were sentenced on 20 April. The trial heard some of the pupils saw the station as "home territory". Prime Rib and Boxcars: Whatever Happened to Victoria Station? Sofyen's mother Naina Ghailan reacted angrily to the sentence. That restaurant included a funicular which carried patrons 600 feet up from the lower parking lot.[11]. Four 17-year-olds are in the dock alongside Osoteku, Samuel Roberts, Obi Nwokeh, and Enoch Amoah, who are all 18. Bayode was a 16-year-old student when he joined a 20-strong charge against Sofyen on 25 March 2010. A 15-year-old schoolboy was killed in a "merciless" knife attack, planned on Facebook, during rush hour at London's Victoria station, the Old Bailey heard. Most of the restaurants used authentic railway cars for dining areas, often boxcars or cabooses.[7]. 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. It explains why for a trivial slight they came to exact a dreadful revenge.. [6] The restaurant was grossing $90,000 monthly during its first year of operations. 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. Sofyen's mother, Naima Belamouadden, said: "I hope the memory of what they did to my son lives with them every day as it lives with me.". 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. 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. Osoteku, the only woman charged over the killing, was said to be at the centre of the attack. Promising footballer Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at London's Victoria station A teenage gang who hacked a boy of 15 to death in. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, was stabbed nine times after being chased by a crowd of youths into Victoria Tube station in March 2010. Osoteku was jailed for 12 years for manslaughter in April, along with three other youths. The defendants, all from west London, were among 20 pupils charged in connection with the attack. 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. Editors' Code of Practice. Sofyen was rushed to St Thomas's hospital after the attack but could not be saved. Tyrone Richards, 17, and Enoch Amoah, 19, were convicted of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and sentenced to seven years detention. Odegbune, then 16, led the running charge with the Samurai sword, shouting: 'I'm going to **** you up' as he ran into the station. Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, suffered multiple stab wounds in an attack on Thursday evening. A FIGHT between pupils from rival schools which ended in the brutal and merciless killing of a schoolboy in Victoria Station was organised on Facebook, The Old Bailey has heard. He was given no chance of life. On 20 April they were ordered to life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years, and eight years to run concurrently for conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. Read about our approach to external linking. A 17-year-old and 19-year-old have been convicted of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. On the previous day, March 24, the two groups of rival teens were seen arguing at the station. "He was a star in the making. 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Read about our approach to external linking. 16:32 GMT 20 Apr 2012 Eight young people have been convicted of killing 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden in front of horrified commuters at one of the UK's busiest stations. The barrister said the confidence and arrogance stemmed from the group nature of the attack. 'I had a happy life with my four children at home then, on March 25, 2010, my life was shattered into a million pieces as I was robbed of my son. \r\rThe series of linked trials involving 20 defendants has been the biggest-ever joint prosecution of a gang over a killing.\r\rThe Appeal Court's decision that Junior Bayode, who was found guilty of manslaughter, will not face a retrial for murder marks the end of a prosecution that revealed how tensions between youths could spiral out of control in the heart of the capital. A woman who was seen on CCTV kicking a boy in the head after he was fatally stabbed in a Tube station has been jailed for 12 years for the killing. 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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. [7][8] In May 1986, the company filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. bankruptcy court. Start with Jimmy Reyes in the morning and guess the daily "Jumble Jam", listen until Art Laboe comes on at night playing all of your favorite Oldies and dedications. Victoria Station was a chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. Old School 104.7 is the radio station playing all of your favorite Old School Jams from back In day! He asked online contacts for a 'flick-up ting' and told an older friend to 'buy some nanks from Argos', referring to a box of kitchen knives. ', By Judge Moss added: "You were seen to deliver the final kick to Sofyen as you were the last of the group to run away.". . Sofyen was killed on the concourse of Victoria tube station in South London after a feud between pupils from two rival schools erupted into violence. She said: "I just went to see if he was ok and I nudged him with my foot to see if he was ok.". appalling rush-hour attack at Victoria Station, Central London, last . Twelve teenagers appeared in court today charged with the murder of Sofyen Belamouadden, who was chased into one of London's busiest train stations and stabbed repeatedly in front of hundreds. Three teenagers were acquitted of all charges. Read about our approach to external linking. On the "entry platform" to each restaurant was a London-style phone booth. She said she did not kick the victim and sobbed: "I nudged him with my foot to see if he was OK.". Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, was chased and stabbed in the ticket hall of the Tube station. He may face a retrial on that charge. Judge Moss ordered Osoteku, who was 18 at the time of the incident, be detained for eight years for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm to run concurrently. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, of Acton, west London, was killed after being chased by a crowd of youths from the concourse and into the Tube ticket hall. Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail There were also drops on Roberts' trainers and a black jacket worn by one of the 17-year-olds . Open on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve with limited menus, by reservation/preorder only. The GCSE student was stabbed nine times in a clash between two sets of pupils from west London schools in front of hundreds of commuters on 25 March 2010. Five teenagers have been convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy at Victoria station in central London. [6], The chain was designed to attract members of the baby boom generation. What's he waiting for? [6], There was a similar chain called "Twickenham Station" in Alabama and Florida during the same time span. In a statement read to the court, Naima Ghailan, the murdered boy's mother, said: 'No amount of words can describe the amount of pain and grief I live with day in, day out. (Huntsville AL, Montgomery AL, Mobile AL, Pensacola FL), Singer Johnny Cash produced a promotional album of train songs for the chain, titled Destination Victoria Station, which was then sold in the restaurants. 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. He had bragged on Facebook the previous night: "I will bring my samurai". 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. The company was among the first restaurant companies to offer its employees stock options and an ESOP program. Antique English railway artifacts were used as decor inside, and the exteriors were composed of . The judge, Christopher Moss, said the "ferocious and merciless attack" took place in front of horrified commuters. Sofyen suffered fatal wounds to his heart and right lung during the attack last year, carried out in front of ''scores if not hundreds of people going home''. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. One of the accused killers is. He was stabbed nine times and suffered wounds to his heart, a lung and major blood vessels. 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. The court also heard the gang used batons, swords and iron bars to kill Sofyen with indescribable aggression in front of rush hour commuters. He added: Not one of them felt alone, or vulnerable or could be challenged or overwhelmed. Twelve other youths received sentences for lesser offences and three were acquitted. They are Lewis Sinclair, 18 of Claribel Road, Stockwell; Olewale Olaribigbe, 18 of Portland Grove, Vauxhall; Selassie Ahiaku of Marcella Road, Stockwell and Melvin Mensah of Vauxhall Street, Kennington. Promising footballer Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Londons Victoria station. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Four youths were earlier sentenced to two years detention after admitting violent disorder. Victoria Osoteku, 20, the only woman to be charged, was seen on CCTV kicking Sofyen in the head as he lay dying on the ground. One of the suspects was overheard telling a friend: Didn't you see me run in to the station and shank him?. He said in an impact statement that Sofyen's death had left his family devastated. Victim Sofyen Belamouadden was killed at Victoria Tube Station in 2010. Credit: Met Police Accepting the prize at a ceremony in 2019, Dave said the story of the album was inspired by his. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. What's he waiting for? 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. 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The court heard Sofyen's blood was found on at least three knives recovered by police and one of the sharpening steels. Four youths, were sentenced on 14 October last year to two years' detention after admitting violent disorder. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. Please report any comments that break our rules. Sofyen, 15, died after being chased by a crowd of youths into Victoria Tube station in March 2010. Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Victoria station in central London in March 2010.. Obi Nwokeh, 19, Christopher Omoregrie, 18, and Samson Odegbune, 18, were given life sentences at the Old Bailey and told they must serve a . Police stopped the attackers, who had fled on a bus, and found one of the knives used to stab the teenager in Omoregie's bag. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. They were ordered to serve concurrent eight-year detention sentences for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. The four-year-old boy who has become the centre of a controversy between India and Pakistan - and between his father and mother. 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. All defendants will be sentenced following the conclusion of these cases. Tube drivers will stage first of three 24-hour strikes over a "breakdown in industrial relations". Why, almost 60 years after he first appeared in the Daily Mirror, is a layabout lout from north-east England still so loved around the world? "You gathered together for the purpose of serious mass violence in a busy public place at the height of the rush hour," he said. "Such was their arrogance that they carried out that kind of attack in the heart of the capital city and a 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. 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. Scientists are debating whether it's possible to harness the power of gravity for interstellar space travel. Adonis Akra, 18, Samuel Roberts, 19, and Femi Oderinwale, 18, were found guilty of manslaughter during earlier hearings. 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'. Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Victoria station in central London in March 2010. Twelve youths accused of murdering a 15-year-old boy at Victoria Underground station in central London have been remanded in custody. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, was chased and stabbed in the ticket. Mr Heywood said: "He was given no chance of life. 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. The sword-brandishing youth led a running charge at their rivals. Sofyen, who was studying for his GCSEs, died after sustaining fatal wounds to his heart and right lung on 25 March 2010. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Tyrone Richards, 17, and Enoch Amoah, 19, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and were each sentenced to seven years in a young offenders institution. She was the only female charged in connection with the incident and spent 19 days in the witness box. The girl is alleged to have beaten Sofyen Belamouadden as he was hacked to death by a gang in front of horrified commuters. [5], By the end of 1978, Victoria Station had 97 restaurants, all company owned. The largest joint-enterprise murder prosecution in the country has ended with the conviction of the last of a group of 20 teenagers in connection with the killing of a 15-year-old boy at a busy central London railway station. CCTV footage showed Osoteku, who was in. Bayode was the last of 20 people to be tried in connection to Sofyen's death. On Wednesday, the jury could not decide on a murder verdict against Bayode after 17 hours of deliberation and he may now face a retrial on that charge. They didn't expect these kind of weapons and almost certainly didn't expect the level of ferocity, said Mr Heywood. Mark Heywood QC, prosecuting, said: "She was one of those who set up and organised the confrontation that led to the death. Osoteku, 19, from Deptford, south-east London, was found guilty on Monday of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. Defunct US based chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. The verdict brings to an end with mixed results the biggest joint-enterprise murder prosecution ever brought to court in England and Wales. Sofyen, a promising footballer, was stabbed nine times in the lungs and chest in a 12-second attack. One member of the gang, Samuel Roberts, told the court that he joined in the violence on 25 March - captured on CCTV - simply because "everyone else was doing it". 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Joint-enterprise murder prosecution ends with case of Junior Bayode who joined 20-strong charge against 15-year-old, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, died after suffering multiple stab wounds at Victoria station. Eight young people have been convicted of killing 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden in front of horrified commuters at one of the UK's busiest stations. Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, suffered multiple stab wounds when he was attacked at Victoria Underground station on Thursday. The court saw CCTV footage of Osoteku kicking Sofyen in the head as he lay dying on the ground. Victim: Schoolboy Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, was stabbed to death at London's Victoria station during rush hour Samson Odegbune held the 12in sword above his head as he, Christopher. She denied the allegations during the five-month trial saying she had not kicked the teenager. By At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. [1], The restaurant chain continues in Malaysia. Tuesday's devastating attacks in Brussels show IS's European network is still at large, despite a year of intensive efforts by security forces to close it down. Antique English railway artifacts were used as decor inside, and the exteriors were composed of American Railway cars, primarily boxcars, with a signature Caboose placed in front. He was caught at the top of the stairs and attacked before he fell down the flight of stairs into the ticket hall. Sofyen, 15, died after being chased by a crowd of youths into Victoria Tube station in March 2010. Sofyen was a pupil at the Henry Compton School in Fulham. 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. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The Old Bailey jury convicted him of manslaughter and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm, but failed to reach a decision on the murder charge after 17 hours of deliberation. The GCSE student, from Acton, west London, died on 25 March 2010. Mr Heywood said the protection of the group allowed the defendants to act in a brutal and merciless fashion. The catalyst for the attack was a fight over a girl a day earlier in the station, which left one youth with a bloody nose. The attack had been planned the night before on Facebook and via Blackberry messaging systems. "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.". 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. Mark Heywood QC, prosecuting, said: 'Sofyen Belamouadden was pushed down and killed in broad daylight. Certainly did n't you see me run in to the sentence of Newsquest 's audited local newspaper network in to! 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