"I have no wish to inflict revenge on the culprits but Sofyen, whose life was tragically cut short, would expect justice to take its course. Judge Christopher Moss said Osoteku must share part of the responsibility for the death because she assisted in buying a set of knives during her lunch hour. [7][8] In May 1986, the company filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. bankruptcy court. The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1986. She was the only female charged in connection with the incident and spent 19 days in the witness box. The Old Bailey jury convicted him of manslaughter and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm, but failed to reach a decision on the murder charge after 17 hours of deliberation. They had arrived at the station armed with a mass of weapons, including the Argos knife set, flick knives, metal bars, extendable batons and swords. The jury were told Sofyen Belamouadden, aged 15, was hunted down punched, kicked and stabbed by up to 20 youths in the ticket hall of the Underground station. There were also drops on Roberts' trainers and a black jacket worn by one of the 17-year-olds . Four youths were earlier sentenced to two years' detention after pleading guilty to violent disorder. The jury were told Sofyen Belamouadden, aged 15, was "hunted down" punched, kicked and stabbed by up to 20 youths in the ticket hall of the Underground station. Four youths have been sentenced for violent disorder. When Dave was 11, his brother Christopher, who is currently still in prison, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years, under the law of joint enterprise, for his involvement in the March 2010 gang murder of 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden at London Victoria station. This included the title song of the same name written and performed by Cash specifically for the album. Tyrone Richards, 17, and Enoch Amoah, 19, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and were each sentenced to seven years in a young offenders institution. Victoria Osoteku, 20, of Deptford, south London, was. Three have been cleared of all charges and four others are still to be tried. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The boys, all 16 or 17 years old, appeared at West London Youth Court. [6], The chain was designed to attract members of the baby boom generation. Prime Rib and Boxcars: Whatever Happened to Victoria Station? The GCSE student, from Acton, west London, died on 25 March 2010. Sofyen was rushed to St Thomas's hospital after the attack but could not be saved. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, died from multiple stab wounds after being chased by a 20-strong mob through Victoria station in London in March 2010. Osoteku was jailed for 12 years for manslaughter in April, along with three other youths. Obi Nwokeh, 19, Christopher Omoregie, 18, and. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. The barrister said the confidence and arrogance stemmed from the group nature of the attack. Victoria Station was a chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. It explains why together they did something so truly terrible that none of them will now acknowledge any part of it. They had turned up on two 52 buses around 5.14pm. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, was chased and stabbed in the ticket hall of the Tube station. A number of other youths are due to face separate trials over the killing. The theme of the restaurant was loosely based on London's Victoria Station. 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Victoria Osoteku, 20, the only woman to be charged, was seen on CCTV kicking Sofyen in the head as he lay dying on the ground. and One of the accused killers is. 5SAH Webinar EncroChat- Practical Steps for a Defence Lawyer what do we know so far? She is the fourth person convicted of manslaughter. The series of linked trials involving 20. "You gathered together for the purpose of serious mass violence in a busy public place at the height of the rush hour," he said. Roberts, 17, booted the victim's head three times as if he 'were kicking a rugby football'. He told his friends there was a 'beef' with other youths in west London and someone could get 'slumped' (stabbed). CCTV footage from inside the station showed helpless Sofyen being knocked to the ground and surrounded. Osoteku, 19, from Deptford, south-east London, was found guilty on Monday of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Mr Heywood said: "He was given no chance of life. The court saw CCTV footage of Osoteku kicking Sofyen in the head as he lay dying on the ground. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. At the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, the chain had 100 locations in the United States. Mark Heywood prosecuting said: Sofyen Belamouadden was a 15-year-old London schoolboy who was pushed down and killed in broad daylight. The trial heard some of the pupils saw the station as "home territory". Following the attack, 12 of the 20 youths boarded a bus and one was overheard saying: 'Didn't you see me run in to the station and shank him?' 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Twelve teenagers appeared in court today charged with the murder of Sofyen Belamouadden, who was chased into one of London's busiest train stations and stabbed repeatedly in front of hundreds. contact the editor here. Call (712) 755-5682 for more information. Five teenagers have been convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy at Victoria station in central London. Jurors were told that Osoteku was also seen on camera kicking Sofyen as he lay helpless and fatally wounded. Three were cleared of all charges. Victoria Osoteku gloated about the attack, (Clockwise from left) Adonis Akra, Enoch Amoah, Obi Nwokeh, Samsom Odegbune, Samuel Roberts, Tyrone Richards, Christopher Omoregie and Femi Oderinwale were sentenced on 20 April. A teenage gang who hacked a boy of 15 to death in front of horrified commuters received sentences totalling more than 100 years yesterday. This, we suggest, gave them purpose and gave them strength. Judge Moss added: "You were seen to deliver the final kick to Sofyen as you were the last of the group to run away.". They were not connected. Hackney Central closed after police incident -recap, Hackney Central closed as man taken to hospital and armed police present -recap, Alleged loan shark, 69, arrested in Romford, Section 60 'stop and search' order after Hackney Central stabbing, Remains found in woodland following search for Constance Martens baby, Stranger Things set to hit the West End with stage spinoff of Netflix hit called The First Shadow, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. What's he waiting for? Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed repeatedly during what detectives believe was a pre-planned fight between rival school gangs who had descended on Victoria at rush-hour armed with several knives. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. That restaurant included a funicular which carried patrons 600 feet up from the lower parking lot.[11]. Osoteku was behind a youth who led the charge with a Samurai sword. Moss was sentencing eight people found guilty of various offences during a series of trials. She denied the charges during a five-month trial and was found guilty in February. , updated 'I lost the will to live that day and it is only through my faith that I continue to go on. Sofyen died after being chased by about 20 pupils across the Terminus Way concourse and into the London Underground station. Christopher Omoregie, now 28, was one of three teenagers found guilty of murdering 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden at a busy London tube station in 2010. Three boys and one girl who were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder remain in custody. Odegbune, then 16, led the running charge with the Samurai sword, shouting: 'I'm going to **** you up' as he ran into the station. Tuesday's devastating attacks in Brussels show IS's European network is still at large, despite a year of intensive efforts by security forces to close it down. A man has been convicted of the manslaughter of a schoolboy who was fatally stabbed in a gang attack during rush hour at London's Victoria station. At the Old Bailey, Junior Bayode, 19, was also convicted of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. Such was their arrogance that they carried out that kind of attack in heart of the capital city and public place, the terminus of the station at the height of rush hour and in the sight of scores, if not hundreds of people passing by going to their own homes.. The prosecution, which stretched over nearly two years and involved five criminal trials, has resulted in juries convicting fewer than half of the 20 originally charged with murder over the killing of Sofyen. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA, Sofyen Belamouadden killing: final conviction over Victoria station death, Victoria station killing: commuters shocked by knives, bars and batons, TheVictoria station killing verdict and the perils of applying joint enterprise. Four youths were earlier sentenced to two years detention after admitting violent disorder. They were repainted and converted into dining cars. The court heard that she was behind a youth who led the charge with a Samurai sword. The largest joint-enterprise murder prosecution in the country has ended with the conviction of the last of a group of 20 teenagers in connection with the killing of a 15-year-old boy at a busy central London railway station. Sofyen was a pupil at the Henry Compton School in Fulham. The four-year-old boy who has become the centre of a controversy between India and Pakistan - and between his father and mother. The eight youths on trial were all seen behind him. The murder was the result of what the court heard were "simmering tensions" between pupils at St Charles sixth form college in Ladbroke Grove, west London, and teenagers from Henry Compton school in Fulham, where Sofyen was studying. He was an outstanding all-round player. The murder was the result of simmering tensions between pupils at a sixth form college in Ladbroke Grove, west London and teenagers from his school and surrounding areas, the court has heard. 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VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Police officers stopped the bus and found a selection of knives as well as blade-sharpening steels which were covered in the victim's blood. [5] Another source incorrectly claimed an April 1969 opening date. The group pursued Sofyen into the station, down the escalator and into the ticket hall, where a smaller group hacked, kicked and battered him to death in front of scores of commuters. Mark Heywood QC, prosecuting, said: 'Sofyen Belamouadden was pushed down and killed in broad daylight. Five teenagers have been convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy at Victoria station in central London. Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Victoria station in central London in March 2010. He had bragged on Facebook the previous night: "I will bring my samurai". Three teenagers have been detained for life for the murder. 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Start with Jimmy Reyes in the morning and guess the daily "Jumble Jam", listen until Art Laboe comes on at night playing all of your favorite Oldies and dedications. Sofyen, 15, died after being chased by a crowd of youths into Victoria Tube station in March 2010. "So brazen and confident were his killers that they openly carried the various weapons that they used with them as they ran towards him and together hunted him down.". As the ringleaders of the attack, Odegbune, 18, Omoregie, 18, and Nwokeh, 19, were sentenced to a minimum of 18 years behind bars after being convicted at the Old Bailey of murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Judge Moss ordered Osoteku, who was 18 at the time of the incident, be detained for eight years for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm to run concurrently. A 17-year-old and 19-year-old have been convicted of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. The court also heard the gang used batons, swords and iron bars to kill Sofyen with indescribable aggression in front of rush hour commuters. Risk Assessment "Toolkits" for London Magistrates' Courts, 5SAH LCCSA Encrochat Webinar Lecture Notes from 29 July 2020, Free Webinar on the new Sentencing Code due to come into force on 1st October 2020, 5SAH & LCCSA Webinar The New Sentencing Code Demystifying Risk Assessments, Payment, Delivery, Refunds and Cancellations Policy. Three teenagers were acquitted of all charges. Defunct US based chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The teenager was one of the group who was armed with a knife, which the jury heard he used after Sofyen fell on to the floor during the attack. The verdict brings to an end with mixed results the biggest joint-enterprise murder prosecution ever brought to court in England and Wales. Juries rejected the crown case that all the teenagers were equally culpable because they planned the killing on social media the night before, arrived at Victoria station together, and chased their victim as a group some of whom were armed before a smaller handful of them surrounded him and killed Sofyen in the ticket hall. Tyrone Richards, 17, and Enoch Amoah, 19, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit GBH and were sentenced to seven years' detention. "He was a star in the making. Bayode was the last of 20 people to be tried in connection with Sofyen's death, Sofyen Belamouadden was killed in a 12-second attack, Obi Nwokeh, Christopher Omoregie and Samsom Odegbune were convicted of murder. The attack had been planned the night before on Facebook and via Blackberry messaging systems. He asked online contacts for a 'flick-up ting' and told an older friend to 'buy some nanks from Argos', referring to a box of kitchen knives. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. Sofyen suffered fatal wounds to his heart and right lung during the attack last year, carried out in front of ''scores if not hundreds of people going home''. Judge Christopher Moss QC ordered the three to be detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure the juvenile equivalent of a life sentence owing to their ages at the time of the killing. The trial judge also intervened at one case to clear five defendants of murder because they were not in the group around Sofyen when he was killed. Victoria Osoteku, 19, the only girl in the gang, will be sentenced next week after being found guilty of manslaughter. The last remaining restaurant in the former chain was located in Salem, Massachusetts until it abruptly closed in December 2017. Twelve other youths received sentences for lesser offences and three were acquitted. So brazen and confident were his killers, we suggest, they openly carried the various weapons they used with them as they ran towards him and hunted him down. Nor do you in any way acknowledge responsibility for the killing.' Jurors heard the night before the death one of the 17-year-olds, who was just 16 at the time, took to Facebook to recruit troops and weapons. A woman has been found guilty of killing a teenager who was stabbed to death at a London Tube station. All 20 teenagers arrested in the aftermath of the killing were charged with murder on the basis of joint enterprise including those not present at the moment the victim was killed. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Read about our approach to external linking. They planned the attack on social media the night before, the court was told, sending messages to each other on Facebook and via BlackBerry Messenger. So brazen and confident were his killers that they openly carried the various weapons that they used with them as they ran towards him and together hunted him down. Sofyen, a promising footballer, was stabbed nine times in the lungs and chest in a 12-second attack. The murder in March 2010 was sparked by 'simmering tensions' between pupils at the sixth-form college in Ladbroke Grove and Henry Compton school in Fulham, who each regarded Victoria station as 'home territory'. Sofyen was chased into the ticket hall at Victoria underground after a clash between two rival school groups, and stabbed to death in a "sustained and vicious attack" in front of horrified commuters in March 2010. The rival west London group, including Sofyen, has pulled in to Victoria two minutes earlier on a 148 bus. The girl is alleged to have beaten Sofyen Belamouadden as he was hacked to death by a gang in front of horrified commuters. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. He said the 12-second attack on Sofyen had followed a minor confrontation the day before between pupils of two west London schools in the food area of Victoria station. 1981 newspaper ad for the Seattle Victoria Station location, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Station_(restaurant)&oldid=1142147452, Regional restaurant chains in the United States, Defunct restaurant chains in the United States, Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1986, Articles needing additional references from December 2020, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from October 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Robert Freeman, Peter Lee, and Richard Bradley, Independently owned franchised restaurants in U.S.; Daiei and later Zensho in Japan, Lowell Farkas, President, CEO and Director (19871992), Columbia, MO (was at 402 E Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201, Building now Shiloh Bar & Grill), Orange Village, Ohio (located on Orange Place near Interstate 271; now demolished - another structure now occupies the site), Tokyo, Japan (still running under the name, Kobe, Japan (named "Central Station" which was Victoria Station's chain, now closed), Sapporo, Japan- complete with Big Boy statues, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 19:39. He added: Not one of them felt alone, or vulnerable or could be challenged or overwhelmed. On the "entry platform" to each restaurant was a London-style phone booth. They had already lost the arms race and it was obvious they had seriously underestimated what they were likely to meet at Victoria that afternoon. TWELVE teenagers have this morning been charged with the murder of 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden from Acton. Bayode was a 16-year-old student when he joined a 20-strong charge against Sofyen on 25 March 2010. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Mark Heywood QC, prosecuting, said the "merciless" knife attack on the schoolboy took place in front of hundreds of commuters. Scientists are debating whether it's possible to harness the power of gravity for interstellar space travel. A man has been convicted of the manslaughter of a schoolboy who was fatally stabbed in a gang attack during rush hour at London's Victoria station. Hard Cover $25.65 Kindle Edition $9.99 The court heard the defendants' group thought of the station as their territory as they travelled from their homes in south London to school everyday and would hang around socialising after school. Prosecutor Mark Heywood QC described in court the extraordinary onslaught that took place in full public gaze. A 15-year-old schoolboy was killed in a "merciless" knife attack, planned on Facebook, during rush hour at London's Victoria station, the Old Bailey heard. Osoteku was arrested at college on March 30, having already lied to her foster mother by claiming she had not been at the murder scene. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday convicted Bayode of manslaughter and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. Read about our approach to external linking. The theme of the restaurant was loosely based on London's Victoria Station. Other defendants, who also communicated by texts, talked about the madness that was going to take place the next day. The victim, who was studying for GCSEs, was hunted down and set upon with knives and metal bars in front of hundreds of commuters at Victoria station in a murder captured on CCTV. 'I had a happy life with my four children at home then, on March 25, 2010, my life was shattered into a million pieces as I was robbed of my son. Antique English railway artifacts were used as decor inside, and the exteriors were composed of . They were ordered to serve concurrent eight-year detention sentences for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. Junior Bayode, now 19, was 16 when he joined a 20-strong mob that chased and killed Sofyen Belamouadden in front of hundreds of commuters at Victoria station. Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail The messages which were retrieved by the police revealed they were trying to source weapons including a samurai sword, flick knives, batons, metal bars and a set of kitchen knives, which were bought for 3.99 from the catalogue shop Argos by one of the accused in the school lunchbreak on the day of the murder, the court has told. Open on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve with limited menus, by reservation/preorder only. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Three men have been jailed for at least 18 years each for murdering a 15-year-old schoolboy at a tube station. Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Victoria station in central London in March 2010. 01:19 GMT 21 Apr 2012. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. That confidence and arrogance came too from knowing that between them they were so heavily armed that no other individual or smaller group or even a police officer or member of station staff could stop them. But the confrontation came at Victoria when pupils from Sofyen's school were charged by teenagers led by Odegbune holding the sword. Witnesses said the attacking group had a pack mentality, a collective sense of common purpose, as though they were a team and used an indescribable level of aggression. [17][18][19] The brand continues to be operated in Japan under the Zensho firm. Four 17-year-olds are in the dock alongside Osoteku, Samuel Roberts, Obi Nwokeh, and Enoch Amoah, who are all 18. By Fulham schoolboy Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times in the ticket hall of the station after being surrounded by youths. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please She planned the whole thing.". Police stopped the attackers, who had fled on a bus, and found one of the knives used to stab the teenager in Omoregie's bag. DeSantis won't say he's running. The "ferocious and merciless" attack was the end of a minor confrontation between pupils from two west London schools the day before in the fast food area of Victoria mainline station. After messages by text and on Facebook, pupils from the defendants' school armed themselves with knives and a samurai sword, expecting the other group to attack their school. ", He added: "They were so heavily armed that no smaller group, or even police officer or member of station staff, could withstand them or stop them.". Promising footballer Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at London's Victoria station A teenage gang who hacked a boy of 15 to death in. "Her responsibility for the death is very great indeed, even though it was others that delivered the final fatal blows that led to Sofyen Belamouadden's death. 'So brazen and confident were his killers, they openly carried the various weapons they used with them as they ran towards him and hunted him down.'. They are Lewis Sinclair, 18 of Claribel Road, Stockwell; Olewale Olaribigbe, 18 of Portland Grove, Vauxhall; Selassie Ahiaku of Marcella Road, Stockwell and Melvin Mensah of Vauxhall Street, Kennington. Sofyen was rushed to St Thomas's hospital, but could not be saved and he was pronounced dead at 6.15pm. Tube drivers will stage first of three 24-hour strikes over a "breakdown in industrial relations". Eight young people have been convicted of killing 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden in front of horrified commuters at one of the UK's busiest stations. 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