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Christening killer admits murder Christening killer admits murder
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A youth, who killed a woman cradling a baby at a christening, stabbed a teenage girl to death a few days later. A teenager has admitted stabbing to death an 18-year-old student - two weeks after shooting dead a woman cradling a baby at a christening.
He shot Zainab Kalokoh, 33, in the head when his gang raided the party in Peckham, south London, in August 2005. Roberto Malasi, 17, shot Zainab Kalokoh, 33, in the head when his gang raided the christening party in Peckham, south London, in August 2005.
He has now pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to murdering student Ruth Okechukwu, 18, in Walworth, south-east London, on 11 September. On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to murdering Ruth Okechukwu in Walworth, south-east London, on 11 September.
The youth, 18, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced for both crimes in February. Malasi, from Peckham, south London, will be sentenced on 9 February.
He was among a gang of youths who knifed Ms Okechukwu, the daughter of a pastor, the Old Bailey was told. The jury in the trial of Ms Kalokoh was not told that two weeks after her murder on September 11 2005, the defendant dragged student teacher Ruth Okechukwu from a car and stabbed her through the heart.
She was treated at Kings College Hospital, where she died shortly after arrival from a stab wound to the heart. The court heard Malasi had accused Miss Okechukwu of disrespecting him, following a telephone conversation with one of her friends.
"Our thoughts are with Ruth's family who have lost a beloved daughter and sister," said Det Insp Caroline Goode. He admitted her murder at the Old Bailey watched, from the public gallery, by Miss Okechukwu's father Ben, the pastor of a Pentecostal church in south London.
Christening raid She was fearless and the kind of girl who would be intimidated by no one Ben Okechukwu
The defendant was found guilty of murdering Mrs Kalokoh during a trial at the Old Bailey last December. In addition to Miss Okechukwu's killing, Malasi is due to be sentenced for Mrs Kalokoh's murder, along with three youths who were convicted of her manslaughter.
Zainab Kalokoh was shot in the head as she held her niece Gang members Diamond Babamuboni, 17, his brother Timy, 15, and Jude Odigie, 16, were named after they were convicted, but Malasi's identity was protected because he was due to stand trial for the second murder.
He will be sentenced alongside Diamond Babamuboni, 17, his brother Timy, 15, and Jude Odigie, 16, who were convicted of manslaughter. The four, wearing masks, ran into the christening party on the Wood Dene Estate in Peckham, south London, to rob guests.
The gang, all of whom lived in Peckham, stormed the party in the Acorn estate and robbed some 100 guests of their valuables. As Mrs Kalokoh lay dying with a bullet in her head, the raiders stripped guests of valuables. The baby, her niece, was unharmed.
They fired into the ceiling and the court was told a handgun was then discharged into Mrs Kalokoh's head. Malasi, who had no previous convictions and is an Angolan refugee, was not identified as one of the attackers until the following year.
She fell to the floor, still clutching her niece, six-month-old Adama Sesay, who was unharmed. Miss Okechukwu's father described her as "beautiful and intelligent" adding: "She was fearless and the kind of girl who would be intimidated by no one. She stood up for herself and for anyone she thought needed help."