A person has been discovered responsible of murdering a road gangster who was hacked to dying in swift retribution for crashing a celebration on rival turf and attacking a person celebrating his birthday with a machete.
Salem Koudou, 19, was stabbed 32 instances after he was chased by as much as 15 individuals intent on revenge in Brixton, south London, jurors heard.
Darius Kwakye, 29, was discovered responsible of his homicide on the Old Bailey on Wednesday after a jury deliberated for almost 19 hours.
During the trial, prosecutor Oliver Glasgow KC informed jurors there may very well be no excuse for the “murderous attack”.
Kwakye’s co-defendants Donte McCalla, 21, and Tristan Bullock, 21, had been cleared of wrongdoing.
On 20 August 2020, Mr Koudou and two others armed themselves with at the least one knife and probably a gun and set off in a stolen VW Golf to assault rivals, it was claimed.
Jurors had been informed Mr Koudou was a member of Stockwell-based gang All ‘Bout Money (ABM) which was in violent dispute with gangs referred to as 17 or Wandsworth Road, One Five O (150) or Get Back Gang (GBG), and Four Ten (410).
Mr Koudou and his companions first went to Wandsworth the place a possible goal was chased however managed to flee, the court docket heard.
They went on to Brixton the place they allegedly got here throughout an “ideal target”, a birthday celebration on Marcella Road for Tyreicke Williams, 28, who was affiliated with GBG.
Response was ‘quick and violent’
Just earlier than 6pm the VW Golf was pushed into Kwakye’s parked Mercedes and turned over onto its roof, jurors heard.
Two of the unidentified occupants pulled themselves from the wreckage and ran off.
Mr Koudou acquired out with an “enormous knife” and started to chase friends, together with Mr Williams and Kwakye, it was alleged. The defenceless Mr Williams fell to the bottom and was set upon by Mr Koudou however managed to get away regardless of being harm.
The prosecutor stated the response was “immediate and violent”, “swift and aggressive” as get together friends armed themselves and gave chase.
He informed jurors: “The roles were now reversed” and Mr Koudou “had 15 or more people to escape from.”
Some wounds ‘as deep as 14cm’
He ran and used his knife to beat back his pursuers. Realising he was “hopelessly outnumbered”, Mr Koudou fled however fell down and was set upon by members of the group, the prosecutor stated.
Mr Glasgow informed jurors Mr Koudou was stabbed “more than 30 times” sustaining “catastrophic injuries”.
“His lungs, liver and stomach were damaged by the knives that were used to stab him, and the blades were wielded with such ferocity that some of the wounds were as deep as 14cm.
“Others broken the bones of his rib cage, and one went by means of his cranium.”
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He said: “There was no hope of survival and but seconds was all it took for this assault to happen, for his pursuers to have their revenge, and for the killers to vanish calmly as if nothing had occurred.”
The prosecutor added: “Given the build-up to this stunning violence, there will be little doubt that Salem Koudou’s pursuers wished to avenge the assault upon Tyreicke Williams.”
The defendants had denied they’d something to do with the homicide. Following his conviction, Kwakye was remanded into custody to be sentenced at a later date.
Source: information.sky.com”