A Nigerian teenager, Joel Adesina, was
stabbed in the stomach during a late-night
row on Friday night last week in Bethnal
Green, East London after Joel and his
friends were ambushed while taking a walk
and were chased into a housing belongings
where he was murdered.
Joel Adesina, who was stabbed in Bethnal
Green, in East London, and later died
He was an ‘ambitious’ and ‘hard-working’
teenager who was talented enough to play
professionally in the topflight of the English
football league.
According to the Daily Mail, Joel was rushed
to the hospital where he died three hours
later into Saturday morning.
The police arrested an 18 year-old suspect
but later released with no further action to
be taken.
Friends and manager of the teenager’s
football team represented him a gentle
young boy who never stayed out late as he
was mostly seen returning home in his
football kits.
His coach at Bardag FC Yellows, Ricky
Downes, said: ”Joel as a winger was ’as
good as gold” and talented enough to play
professionally,’.
‘ ’To say that myself and the club are
devastated is an understatement, we are
absolutely in bits.
‘’Joel was a wonderful young lad who had
the world at his feet.
‘’He was a very talented footballer and had
ambitions of playing professionally. I think
he had a future in the sport and could have
played for a living.
‘’He was a very talented footballer and had
ambitions of playing professionally. I think
he had a future in the sport and could have
played for a living.
‘’There was something about Joel that
touched me and his death is totally
unexpected. He never gave me any inkling
that he was involved in gangs or anything
like that.
’He was cheeky, bubbly, and a thoroughly
likeable young man,’’ 55 year-old Mr
Downes added.Detective Chief Inspector Chris Jones of theMet’s Homicide and Major Crime Commandsaid: ‘Anyone who may have witnessed this altercation or have information which couldassist the investigation is asked to contact the police as soon as possible.’

sad

RIP Man