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Jodie Chesney murder: Svenson Ong-a-Kwie and boy guilty | Jodie Chesney murder: Svenson Ong-a-Kwie and boy guilty |
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Two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Jodie Chesney in a park in east London. | Two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Jodie Chesney in a park in east London. |
Jodie was stabbed in the back as she socialised with friends in Harold Hill, Romford, on 1 March. | Jodie was stabbed in the back as she socialised with friends in Harold Hill, Romford, on 1 March. |
Drug dealer Svenson Ong-a-Kwie, 19, and a 17-year-old boy were both convicted of murder following an eight-week trial at the Old Bailey. | Drug dealer Svenson Ong-a-Kwie, 19, and a 17-year-old boy were both convicted of murder following an eight-week trial at the Old Bailey. |
Manuel Petrovic, 20, of Romford, and a 16-year-old boy were both cleared of murder and manslaughter. | Manuel Petrovic, 20, of Romford, and a 16-year-old boy were both cleared of murder and manslaughter. |
The jury spent less than six hours deliberating their verdicts on all four defendants. | The jury spent less than six hours deliberating their verdicts on all four defendants. |
Judge Wendy Joseph QC said Ong-a-Kwie and the 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, would be sentenced on 18 November. | Judge Wendy Joseph QC said Ong-a-Kwie and the 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, would be sentenced on 18 November. |
Following the guilty verdicts, Det Ch Insp Dave Whellams, of Scotland Yard, said the murder of "girl next door" Jodie murder had "shocked a nation". | |
He added: "It could have been anybody's daughter. She was a very nice girl, she had a small circle of friends, she did well at school, worked in the community. | |
"They have gone there purposefully to stab somebody and they have not cared who they stabbed. They stabbed a 17-year-old girl in the back for no reason." | |
Throughout the trial it was never disputed that Ong-a-Kwie and the teenager were the two people who went into Amy's Park on the night Jodie was stabbed. | Throughout the trial it was never disputed that Ong-a-Kwie and the teenager were the two people who went into Amy's Park on the night Jodie was stabbed. |
The pair blamed each other for the stabbing, while Ong-a-Kwie admitted burning his clothes with a cigarette lighter. | The pair blamed each other for the stabbing, while Ong-a-Kwie admitted burning his clothes with a cigarette lighter. |
Jurors heard Jodie had her back to her attackers and the knife almost passed through her body. | Jurors heard Jodie had her back to her attackers and the knife almost passed through her body. |
After being stabbed the teenager screamed and fell into the arms of her boyfriend Eddie Coyle, the court was told. | After being stabbed the teenager screamed and fell into the arms of her boyfriend Eddie Coyle, the court was told. |
Frantic efforts were made to save her but she was pronounced dead in a petrol station in Gants Hill about an hour later. | Frantic efforts were made to save her but she was pronounced dead in a petrol station in Gants Hill about an hour later. |
Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC told the jury Jodie was "a victim of a brutal act of unprovoked violence". | Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC told the jury Jodie was "a victim of a brutal act of unprovoked violence". |
She described the girl's death as "another example" of the "terrible consequences of the carrying and using of knives". | She described the girl's death as "another example" of the "terrible consequences of the carrying and using of knives". |
"It seems every day now in our city another young life is lost to a knife," she said. | "It seems every day now in our city another young life is lost to a knife," she said. |