A woman who was seen on
CCTV kicking a boy in the head
after he was fatally stabbed in a
Tube station has been jailed for
12 years for the killing.
Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, was
stabbed nine times after being
chased by a crowd of youths
into Victoria Tube station in
March 2010.
Victoria Osoteku, 20, of
Deptford, south London, was
found guilty of manslaughter at
the Old Bailey.
Three teenagers have been
detained for life for the murder.
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.
Osoteku was one of 20
defendants from south London.
She was the only female
charged in connection with the
incident and spent 19 days in
the witness box.
Heard ‘gloating’
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 witness said she had been
“gloating” about what
happened the following day at
her sixth-form college.
Judge Moss added: “You were
seen to deliver the final kick to
Sofyen as you were the last of
the group to run away.”
Sofyen’s mother Naina Ghailan
reacted angrily to the sentence.
She said: “I’m disgusted. She’s
got 12 years and she’ll only
serve half. She’s an adult and
she should have got life. She
planned the whole thing.”
Eight teenagers, all from south
London, have been found guilty
in connection with the death
during a series of trials.
(Clockwise from left) Adonis
Akra, Enoch Amoah, Obi
Nwokeh, Samsom Odegbune,
Samuel Roberts, Tyrone
Richards,
Omoregie and Femi Oderinwale
were sentenced on 20 April
Obi Nwokeh, 19, Christopher
Omoregie, 18, and Samsom
Odegbune, 18, were convicted
of murder.
On 20 April they were ordered
to life imprisonment with a
minimum of 18 years, and eight
years to run concurrently for
conspiracy to commit grievous
bodily harm.
Adonis Akra, 18, Samuel
Roberts, 19, and Femi
Oderinwale, 18, were found
guilty of manslaughter and given
12 years detention each.
Tyrone Richards, 17, and Enoch
Amoah, 19, were convicted of
conspiracy to commit grievous
bodily harm and sentenced to
seven years detention.
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.
Osoteku was one of the
teenagers responsible for setting
up the fight.
The A-level student sent
messages by phone and on
Facebook arranging the clash
between pupils from the rival
schools.
Machetes and screwdrivers
Sofyen died after being chased
by about 20 pupils across the
Terminus Way concourse and
into the London Underground
station.
Osoteku was behind a youth
who led the charge with a
Samurai sword. Other youths
were armed with a flick knife
and a Swiss army knife,
machetes and screwdrivers.
She denied the charges during a
five-month trial and was found
guilty in February.
She said she did not kick the
victim and sobbed: “I nudged
him with my foot to see if he
was OK.”
Four youths, were sentenced on
14 October last year to two
years’ detention after admitting
violent disorder.
Legal restrictions in identifying
them have been lifted.
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.
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