Four jailed over 'beautiful' teen's machete murder

A radical of 4 attackers who utilized a "fearsome" machete to execution a teen successful eastbound London person been fixed beingness sentences.

Wazabakana Elenda Jordan Kukabu, known arsenic Jordan, died aft helium was stabbed successful the bosom extracurricular Dagenham Heathway Underground presumption successful May 2023.

Michael Tommy-Mbogba, 21, and Toluwaslase Odunewu,18, arsenic good arsenic a 2 teenagers aged 17 and 16 - who cannot beryllium identified owed to their property - were each recovered blameworthy of execution pursuing a proceedings astatine the Old Bailey.

During sentencing, Mr Kukabu's mother, Tantine Kukabu, said she ne'er thought she would suffer her son, "let unsocial successful specified a brutal and achy way".

The proceedings heard Mr Kukabu had arrived astatine the presumption with 2 associates erstwhile they were confronted by a heavily-armed group.

Their car was surrounded arsenic Mr Kukabu and his workfellow Matthew Adekoya, 20, tried to escape.

Mr Adekoya was chased and stabbed by the 17-year-old defendant, but managed to thrust away.

Mr Kukabu collapsed and died astatine the country aft being stabbed by Mbogba, the tribunal heard.

During sentencing, Judge Anuja Dhir told the four: "This was a radical onslaught successful a nationalist spot successful beforehand of members of the public."

The justice said though immoderate of the radical that had arrived with the unfortunate had threatened violence, the effect by the defendants to that behaviour "was retired of each proportion".

Judge Dhir told the defendants: "Although the fatal wounded was inflicted with a ample machete successful the hands of Mbogba, each of you played a portion successful the decease of Jordan Kukabu."

Judge Dhir said: "You were not conscionable carrying knives - determination were 4 of you and you were carrying fearsome machete-style knives."

She added: "None of you person explained wherefore you were unneurotic and wherefore truthful heavy equipped extracurricular Dagenham Heathway Underground station."

She sentenced Mbogba to a minimum of 29 years; Odunewu, astatine slightest 23 years; the 17-year-old for 23 years and the 16-year-old for 16 years.

The tribunal heard they were identified aft 1 antheral had seen the defendants sitting connected the apical platform of a autobus aft the murder, re-enacting the fatal onslaught they had conscionable carried out.

In a unfortunate interaction connection work to the court, Mr Kukabu's mother, Tantine Kukabu, said: "You took my precious lad away.

"I would ne'er person thought I would suffer my lad - fto unsocial successful specified a brutal and achy way."

His father, Nzuzi Ilenda said his "heart was crushed" by the murder.

"My lad possessed quality some wrong and out.

"He had a axenic bosom and was truthful gentle helium would not harm anyone, yet his beingness was taken truthful prematurely.

"I tin lone sojourn Jordan’s sedate and mourn the nonaccomplishment of his beauteous beingness to this world.”

The 17-year-old suspect was besides fixed a concurrent condemnation of 13 years for the attempted execution of Mr Adekoya, and the 3 different defendants received lesser sentences for wounding with intent to bash grievous bodily harm against the aforesaid victim.

All were besides sentenced for convulsive upset relating to an offence 2 days earlier and having an nonfiction with a leaf oregon point.