Brixton and Lambeth crime news and updates

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I think it might make sense to post up crime news and updates in this one thread rather than have them scattered across the other threads which are generally for more day-to-day chat. I'll move other relevant posts into this thread when I see them.

Good work by the cops here it seems:

The killers of eighteen-year-old Clinton Evobta were handed prison sentences totalling 43 years yesterday (Friday, January 29) and the judge commended the work of a detective on the case.

The three killers aged sixteen, eighteen and nineteen were among eight people arrested after the murder on Camberwell’s Brandon Estate on October 10, 2019.

The youngest to be jailed, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six years behind bars.


Eighteen-year-old Carlos Roachford and Rio Williams, 19, both from Stockwell were found guilty of murder after the trial at Woolwich Crown Court in December.

Williams was jailed for 19 years and Roachford 18 years.

The Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said it has not been able to fully establish why Clinton was targeted, but the judge awarded a commendation to Detective Constable Gibson, who spent hundreds of hours painstakingly studying CCTV footage to identify those responsible.

Teenage killers of Clinton Evobta are jailed for total of 43 years - Southwark News

Why Clinton was targeted by the group on Camberwell's Brandon Estate 'has not been fully established' say police but they describe his attack 'wicked and cowardly in the extreme'

www.southwarknews.co.uk

 

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By way of update, Assistant Coroner Tony Badenoch QC has adjourned the inquest into the death of Kyall Parnell to enable Kyall Parnell's mother to appeal against the Crown Prosecution Service's decision not to charge the boy who stabbed him.

Kyall Parnell was stabbed in the heart while standing on the central reservation in Norwood Road, at the junction with Station Rise, following a disturbance that had broken out on a 68 bus.

At the adjourned hearing, it emerged that the suspect accused of stabbing Kyall Parnell had been stabbed himself eight months earlier, in April 2017, and claimed Kyall Parnell was one of the attackers.

One of the first police officers to treat Kyall Parnell removed his (Parnell's) trousers and heard a clink and saw a knife laying next to his thigh or leg. A knife was removed from inside his boxer shorts."

It was described as an eight-inch kitchen knife with a black handle.

Three days after Kyall Parnell was stabbed to death, his grandmother Maida Grant, 67, had been quoted in the Evening Standard as follows:

“This is happening too much. Every day if there is an argument, a knife is always involved. If they don’t get a response they want, they still draw a knife. “It’s as if life is cheap and they don’t think of the consequences.”

According to Kyall Parnell's mother at the adjourned inquest hearing:

"The family does not accept the decision made. I know I can appeal the the decision if we want but I have not appealed yet."

When asked what she wanted from the inquest, she added: "I want to clear my son's name and [ensure the suspect] faces the punishment he deserves."

She added: "He [Kyall] never took the knife [in his boxer shorts] out at any time, I know he had a knife on him but he never took it out."

Kyall Parnell's family have not yet clarified the purpose for which he was armed with an eight-inch kitchen knife with a black handle at the time of his death, while on his way to a party.

It remains possible that they may do when the inquest resumes.

Following his arrest on 8 February 2021, Denique Iswom Newell was charged with the murder of Kyall Parnell later the same day, as a result of which, the matter is now before the Central Criminal Court.

 

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Following his arrest on 8 February 2021, Denique Iswom Newell was charged with the murder of Kyall Parnell later the same day, as a result of which, the matter is now before the Central Criminal Court.

Thanks for this. Any thoughts, context or solutions that you can add to this post. ?

 

[Cat Fan]

Following his arrest on 8 February 2021, Denique Iswom Newell was charged with the murder of Kyall Parnell later the same day, as a result of which, the matter is now before the Central Criminal Court.

This did happen in Tulse Hill but from what I understand neither the victim nor the suspect were local to the area, they were just passing through on public transport. Croydon was in the news recently for knife crime but thankfully it's been fairly quiet around these parts recently.

 

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And so it goes on


Brixton Stabbing - #MyattsFieldEstate
Police were called at approximately 18:15hrs on Tuesday, 23 February to reports of a stabbing in Henry Road, SW9.
Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and found a male, believed aged 16, suffering a stab injury. He has been taken to a south London hospital where he remains in a critical condition. A resident from the nearby Oval Quarter development said she could see “CPR being performed before he was rushed to hospital”.
Another resident said “the whole area has been cordoned off near to Eythorne Park”.
A crime scene remains in place.
No arrests; enquiries into the circumstances continue.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 and quote CAD 6277/23Feb.

 

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Further request for info on the stabbing of 23 February 2021 of 17 year old James Bascoe-Smith on Henry Road

Detectives are renewing their appeal for witnesses to an attempted murder in Brixton to come forward.

Police were called to Henry Road, SW9 at 18:15hrs on Tuesday, 23 February. Officers attended with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and found James Bascoe-Smith suffering stab injuries.
The 17-year-old was subjected to a horrific and unprovoked attack. James, who was riding his bike on a residential road, was set upon by a group of people who then stabbed him multiple times. He remains in hospital fighting for his life.
Detective Sergeant Charlotte Carter, said: “We now know that two vehicles, a black VW Passat and a black Range Rover Evoque, travelled in convoy from the Kennington Oval area to Henry Road prior to the attack. The same vehicles then left in convoy with the Passat abandoned in nearby Foxley Road minutes later.
“The Range Rover would have been noticeable because the only rear lights that worked on it were the brake lights. It returned to the Kennington Oval area where police located it, abandoned, at 03:00hrs the next morning.
“I am appealing for any witnesses who may have any information about the attack on Henry Road, or the movements of this distinctive looking Range Rover, to come forward.”

James' aunt, Rachel Duncan, said: "The perpetrators do not realise the ripple effect of their actions. They have not just violently injured James, they have ripped apart our lives.

"I urge anyone who knows anything about the attack to come forward."
An investigation is ongoing but so far, there have been no arrests.
Anyone with information, however insignificant they think it might be, is asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC quoting CAD 6277/23FEB.

Renewed appeal for witnesses as Brixton stabbing victim remains in hospital

Detectives are renewing their appeal for witnesses to an attempted murder in Brixton to come forward.

news.met.police.uk