One boy was seen wielding a Japanese-style sword with a blade up to 30cm long. Read about our approach to external linking. "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.". Friday 22 April 2022 18:43 . 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. 'I lost the will to live that day and it is only through my faith that I continue to go on. Antique English railway artifacts were used as decor inside, and the exteriors were composed of . Obi Nwokeh, 19, Christopher Omoregie, 18, and. By 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. He was born and bred in London and often talked of his ambition to represent England in the World Cup final.". 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. Bayode denied murder and claimed he had tried to stop the group getting out of control. Joint-enterprise murder prosecution ends with case of Junior Bayode who joined 20-strong charge against 15-year-old, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, died after suffering multiple stab wounds at Victoria station. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Bayode, who was convicted on Wednesday after a jury deliberated for 17 hours, had denied his role in the killing, claiming that he had tried to prevent his friends getting out of control. After four trials lasting 21 months, three have been convicted. Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, was chased and stabbed in the ticket. Her home was searched, but she told officers she had suffered an accident and wet herself and had been forced to throw out her trainers because they were sodden. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, of Acton, west. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, was stabbed nine times after being chased by a crowd of youths into Victoria Tube station in March 2010. Miss Osoteku, who also joined in the. ', By The jury could not agree a verdict on murder and Bayode, from Streatham in south London, was remanded in custody until Friday for the Crown Prosecution Service to decide if it will seek a retrial. She also sent messages by phone and on Facebook to set up the confrontation. Victoria Osoteku arriving at the Old Bailey on Monday. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Osoteku was one of the teenagers responsible for setting up the fight. The court heard that she was behind a youth who led the charge with a Samurai sword. She said: "I'm disgusted. ", 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.". 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. He added: 'None of you has shown any kind of remorse. Sofyen, 15, died after being chased by a crowd of youths into Victoria Tube station in March 2010. Tyrone Richards, 17, and Enoch Amoah, 19, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit GBH and were sentenced to seven years' detention. The attack had been planned the night before on Facebook and via Blackberry messaging systems. It acted as the direct catalyst for the pre-arranged meeting the next day which led to Sofyen's death. [5], By the end of 1978, Victoria Station had 97 restaurants, all company owned. The trial at the Old Bailey heard the rush-hour attack was planned on Facebook, and followed tensions between pupils from two west London schools. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. The barrister said the confidence and arrogance stemmed from the group nature of the attack. His attackers used a 3.99 five-piece knife set bought from Argos, as well as batons, iron bars and a samurai sword in an act described as one of "indescribable aggression". 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. Three men have been jailed for at least 18 years each for murdering a 15-year-old schoolboy at a tube station. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. He was caught at the top of the stairs and attacked before he fell down the flight of stairs into the ticket hall. Sofyen was confronted by a group with a sword at Victoria station before being chased into the Tube station where he was stabbed nine times, including to the lung and chest. Sian Harrison. 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. He added: Not one of them felt alone, or vulnerable or could be challenged or overwhelmed. The catalyst for the attack was a fight over a girl a day earlier in the station, which left one youth with a bloody nose. She denied the allegations during the five-month trial saying she had not kicked the teenager. The court also heard the gang used batons, swords and iron bars to kill Sofyen with indescribable aggression in front of rush hour commuters. She was the only female charged in connection with the incident and spent 19 days in the witness box. She said she did not kick the victim and sobbed: "I nudged him with my foot to see if he was OK.". Sofyen, who was studying for his GCSEs, died after sustaining fatal wounds to his heart and right lung on 25 March 2010. Bayode was the last of 20 people to be tried in connection to Sofyen's death. Two teenagers have been found guilty of his murder in March 2010. The court saw CCTV footage of Osoteku kicking Sofyen in the head as he lay dying on the ground. 01:19 GMT 21 Apr 2012. The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1986. The GCSE student was stabbed nine times in a clash between two sets of pupils from west London schools in front of hundreds of commuters on 25 March 2010. The judge, Christopher Moss, said the "ferocious and merciless attack" took place in front of horrified commuters. 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. 2023 BBC. DeSantis won't say he's running. Other youths were armed with a flick knife and a Swiss army knife, machetes and screwdrivers. Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, suffered multiple stab wounds when he was attacked at Victoria Underground station on Thursday. Other defendants, who also communicated by texts, talked about the madness that was going to take place the next day. The girl is alleged to have beaten Sofyen Belamouadden as he was hacked to death by a gang in front of horrified commuters. Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail Obi Nwokeh, 18, of Bermondsey, south-east London, and a 17-year-old were convicted of murder by unanimous jury verdicts. Victoria Osoteku, 19, the only woman charged in connection with the death, was also found guilty of manslaughter and will be sentenced next week. Victoria Station was a chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. She said: "I just went to see if he was ok and I nudged him with my foot to see if he was ok.". Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. He was an outstanding all-round player. 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. Fulham schoolboy Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times in the ticket hall of the station after being surrounded by youths. 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. DeSantis won't say he's running. At the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, the chain had 100 locations in the United States. The last teenager to stand trial for the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was hunted down at a central London railway station has been convicted of his killing. It was put to the court that Osoteku helped buy the 3.99 knife-set from Argos in Shepherds Bush during a lunchbreak as she was old enough to pay for the age restricted items. The first in a series of trials involving 20 defendants can now be reported after the Court of Appeal lifted an order which had previously prevented publication of the case, which started earlier this month. Prime rib was the featured item on a limited menu that included steaks, barbecued beef ribs, and shrimp done in a variation of scampi style known as "Shrimp Victoria". The series of linked trials involving 20. Victoria Osoteku, 20, of Deptford, south London, was found guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey. He had bragged on Facebook the previous night: "I will bring my samurai". 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. 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. That night the Ladbroke Grove pupils plotted their revenge on Facebook, with Oderinwale, then 16, acting as an 'armourer'. A pack of up to 20 students aged between 15 and 18 went to Victoria underground station in London armed with a set of kitchen knives bought for 3.99 from Argos, a Samurai sword, flick knives, metal bars and extendable batons which were used to batter the GCSE pupil with 'indescribable aggression'. 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. 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. Promising footballer Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Londons Victoria station. 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. 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He repeatedly asked online friends for a flick-up ting and later asked an older friend to buy some nanks from Argos, referring to a box set of kitchen knives. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday convicted Bayode of manslaughter and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. 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. 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. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Prime Rib and Boxcars: Whatever Happened to Victoria Station? One youth, to be tried for Sofyen's murder later in the year, was left with a bloody nose. 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. 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. There were also two wounds that went through his leg and a slash or chop wound to the top of his head. Obi Nwokeh, 19, Christopher Omoregrie, 18, and Samson Odegbune, 18, were given life sentences at the Old Bailey and told they must serve a minimum of 18 years. Odegbune, then 16, led the running charge with the Samurai sword, shouting: 'I'm going to **** you up' as he ran into the station. 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. Four youths were earlier sentenced to two years detention after admitting violent disorder. She planned the whole thing.". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [16] In 2002, Daiei sold Wenco Japan, which included the Victoria Station franchised restaurants, to Zensho for 4.60 billion yen. They were ordered to serve concurrent eight-year detention sentences for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. Roberts, of Camberwell, south-east London, Adonis Akra, of Stockwell, of south London, both 18, and another 17-year-old were cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter. Tyrone Richards, 17, and Enoch Amoah, 19, were convicted of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and sentenced to seven years detention. A teenage gang who hacked a boy of 15 to death in front of horrified commuters received sentences totalling more than 100 years yesterday. Please report any comments that break our rules. Other youths were armed with a flick knife and a Swiss army knife, machetes and screwdrivers. Osoteku was one of 20 defendants from south London. Listen to us LIVE all day long! Samson Odegbune held the 12in sword above his head as he, Christopher Omoregie and Obi Nwokeh led the chase of the victim in the ticket hall during the early-evening rush hour. CCTV footage showed Osoteku, who was in. 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. The following locations in the U.S. are known to have at one time housed a Victoria Station restaurant: In 1979, Daiei and Wendy's International formed a joint company called Wenco Japan Inc. that operated Victoria Station franchise steak houses and Wendy's fast-food restaurants in Japan. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail One of the accused killers is 18-year-old Victoria Osoteku, of Mereton Mansions, Brookmill Road, New Cross, who is suspected of helping arm the gang with a complete set of kitchen knives. 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. Adonis Akra, 18, Samuel Roberts, 19, and Femi Oderinwale, 18, were found guilty of manslaughter during earlier hearings. Victoria Osoteku, 19, the only girl in the gang, will be sentenced next week after being found guilty of manslaughter. On the previous day, March 24, the two groups of rival teens were seen arguing at the station. What's he waiting for? 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. 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. "So brazen and confident were his killers they openly carried the various weapons they used," he said. 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. He was given no chance of life. Roberts, 17, booted the victim's head three times as if he 'were kicking a rugby football'. They didn't expect these kind of weapons and almost certainly didn't expect the level of ferocity, said Mr Heywood. 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. When the two groups met the next day at Victoria, the pupils from Henry Compton were hopelessly outnumbered. Skiing Magazine, November 1977, p. 83; Ski Magazine, March 1978, p. 86; Skiing Magazine, November 1979, p. 88. Mark Heywood prosecuting said: Sofyen Belamouadden was a 15-year-old London schoolboy who was pushed down and killed in broad daylight. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He said: Sofyen was chased across Terminus Place, the area in front of the station, by these eight defendants and a dozen others. A Gannett Company. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, of Acton was killed by the youths from a rival school at Victoria station in 2010. Four youths have been sentenced for violent disorder. The sword-brandishing youth led a running charge at their rivals. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Sofyen Belamouadden killing: final conviction over Victoria station death Joint-enterprise murder prosecution ends with case of Junior Bayode who joined 20-strong charge against 15-year-old. 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. All six defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. Kicked dying boy He was stabbed nine times and suffered wounds to his heart, a lung and. A number of other youths are due to face separate trials over the killing. Six of the teenagers now on trial were arrested at the scene. 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. 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. [6], There was a similar chain called "Twickenham Station" in Alabama and Florida during the same time span. . On the "entry platform" to each restaurant was a London-style phone booth. That restaurant included a funicular which carried patrons 600 feet up from the lower parking lot.[11]. [9] Eight months later, it was reported in January 1987 that the company had a restructuring plan in place that would require it to sell a number of restaurants. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. The company was among the first restaurant companies to offer its employees stock options and an ESOP program. Friday 22 April 2022 16:46 CCTV footage of the group running through Victoria station O n the day they killed him, Sofyen Belamouadden got up at seven and went into his mother's bedroom to. I often think of the suffering he must have gone through, that he was set upon with such savagery and why I was not there to protect him," he said. The verdict brings to an end with mixed results the biggest joint-enterprise murder prosecution ever brought to court in England and Wales. [6], The chain was designed to attract members of the baby boom generation. 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. Sofyen, a promising footballer, was stabbed nine times in the lungs and chest in a 12-second attack. A woman has been found guilty of killing a teenager who was stabbed to death at a London Tube station. and It explains why for a trivial slight they came to exact a dreadful revenge.. [10], A new company, called Victoria Station Acquisition Corporation and was controlled by Lowell Farkas, purchased the Victoria Station trademark and 11 of the restaurants for $6.5 million and the assumption of a $1 million tax liability. The theme of the restaurant was loosely based on London's Victoria Station. contact the editor here. Victoria Osoteku, 20, of Deptford, south London, was. Jurors were told that Osoteku was also seen on camera kicking Sofyen as he lay helpless and fatally wounded. The court heard that she bought a set of knives from Argos with a 17-year-old youth at lunchtime and gave them to the gang ahead of the clash between two west London schools. Osoteku, the only woman charged over the killing, was said to be at the centre of the attack. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The boys, all 16 or 17 years old, appeared at West London Youth Court. Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Victoria Station Names A New Chief Executive", "Financial Failure In the Hospitality Industry", "Victoria Station is still working on its restructuring", "Victoria Station Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization", "Victoria Station unveiled a reorganization plan". "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. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. This, we suggest, gave them purpose and gave them strength. She's an adult and she should have got life. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Junior Bayode, now 19, was found guilty at the central criminal court of the manslaughter of Sofyen Belamouadden and of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. A post-mortem examination found 20 separate marks of injury on his body, including 11 incised or cutting wounds of which nine were individual stabs. Five teenagers have been convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy at Victoria station in central London. Sofyen, 15, died after being chased by a crowd of youths into Victoria Tube station in March 2010. Adonis Akra, 18, Samuel Roberts, 19, and Femi Oderinwale, 18, were found guilty of manslaughter and given 12 years' detention each. This included the title song of the same name written and performed by Cash specifically for the album. Sofyen's mother, Naima Belamouadden, said: "I hope the memory of what they did to my son lives with them every day as it lives with me.". Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 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. "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.". 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. The rival west London group, including Sofyen, has pulled in to Victoria two minutes earlier on a 148 bus. 2023 BBC. They had turned up on two 52 buses around 5.14pm. Scientists are debating whether it's possible to harness the power of gravity for interstellar space travel. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Three boys and one girl who were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder remain in custody. Landing on the floor, we suggest helpless, he remained there during the entirety of the brief and ferocious attack that followed.. Read about our approach to external linking. The GCSE student, from Acton, west London, died on 25 March 2010. Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Victoria station in central London in March 2010. HP10 9TY. Three teenagers have been detained for life for the murder. Prosecutor Mark Heywood QC described in court the extraordinary onslaught that took place in full public gaze. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. Roberts from Camberwell, Nwokeh from Borough, Osoteku, Amoah from Denmark Hill and the four other defendants deny murder, conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm and violent disorder. One of the accused killers is. 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.. Three others have been convicted of manslaughter. 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