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| Two teenagers get life sentences for murdering innocent schoolboy | Two teenagers get life sentences for murdering innocent schoolboy |
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| Two teenagers have been given life terms for murdering a schoolboy. | Two teenagers have been given life terms for murdering a schoolboy. |
| Kwame Ofosu-Asare, 17, was mistaken for a rival in a "poisonous and senseless" gang war. He was knifed to death in daylight while walking with a friend through Moorlands Estate in Brixton, south London, in March. | Kwame Ofosu-Asare, 17, was mistaken for a rival in a "poisonous and senseless" gang war. He was knifed to death in daylight while walking with a friend through Moorlands Estate in Brixton, south London, in March. |
| Nelson Idiabeta, 18, of no fixed address, and Nathaniel Okusanya, 19, from Lambeth, south London, were found guilty of murder. | Nelson Idiabeta, 18, of no fixed address, and Nathaniel Okusanya, 19, from Lambeth, south London, were found guilty of murder. |
| Sentencing them at the Old Bailey, Judge Richard Marks ordered that Idiabeta serve a minimum term of 19 years and Okusanya 20 years. | Sentencing them at the Old Bailey, Judge Richard Marks ordered that Idiabeta serve a minimum term of 19 years and Okusanya 20 years. |
| He told them: "It was Kwame's misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Neither of you has shown one iota of remorse for what you did." | He told them: "It was Kwame's misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Neither of you has shown one iota of remorse for what you did." |
| Crispin Aylett QC, prosecuting, told jurors: "Kwame's death was but a part of a poisonous and senseless feud between two rival gangs of youths in south London." | Crispin Aylett QC, prosecuting, told jurors: "Kwame's death was but a part of a poisonous and senseless feud between two rival gangs of youths in south London." |
| He added that Kwame was not a member of either gang. He had been to a recording studio in the area. | He added that Kwame was not a member of either gang. He had been to a recording studio in the area. |
| Kwame was stabbed repeatedly in the back and received a total of 14 wounds while walking in Adelaide Close with a friend. | Kwame was stabbed repeatedly in the back and received a total of 14 wounds while walking in Adelaide Close with a friend. |
| They tried to get away by going into a side road where the friend's aunt lived, but the aunt was not home and they were trapped in a cul-de-sac. | They tried to get away by going into a side road where the friend's aunt lived, but the aunt was not home and they were trapped in a cul-de-sac. |
| The court heard that the attack had its roots in a feud between the TN1 (Trust No-One) gang from the Tulse Hill area of south London and Brixton-based GAS (Guns and Shanks). | The court heard that the attack had its roots in a feud between the TN1 (Trust No-One) gang from the Tulse Hill area of south London and Brixton-based GAS (Guns and Shanks). |
| Idiabeta and Okusanya were members of the TN1 group out to avenge one of their number who had been stabbed in a bus garage attack carried out by the GAS gang earlier in the day. | Idiabeta and Okusanya were members of the TN1 group out to avenge one of their number who had been stabbed in a bus garage attack carried out by the GAS gang earlier in the day. |
| Kwame's father, Kwaku, a sports journalist, told the court in a statement that his son was full of potential. | Kwame's father, Kwaku, a sports journalist, told the court in a statement that his son was full of potential. |
| He was in the sixth form of Forest Hill School and excelled in sport, music and acting and had great ambitions to make something of his life. | He was in the sixth form of Forest Hill School and excelled in sport, music and acting and had great ambitions to make something of his life. |
| Mr Ofosu-Asare said: "Kwame was a very vibrant, energetic and enthusiastic boy. His brother and sister are struggling to cope with his death. All our lives have been ruined." | Mr Ofosu-Asare said: "Kwame was a very vibrant, energetic and enthusiastic boy. His brother and sister are struggling to cope with his death. All our lives have been ruined." |
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