The 14 year old girl who ordered the stabbing of 15 year old
Nigerian boy, Junior Nkwelle, for being ‘disrespectful’ was found guilty of
manslaughter yesterday March 1, 2013.
Junior and his friends had been playing football near his
home when an argument broke out. The teenage girl claimed Junior had insulted
her during the argument. She then called her 16 year old boyfriend on the phone
to a housing estate in Brixton and ordered him to ‘teach Junior a lesson’. The
boyfriend thrust a carving knife once into Junior's chest, killing him. This
happened in September 2012.
The teenage girl and her boyfriend were cleared of murder by
a jury yesterday, but they are facing long prison terms after being found guilty of manslaughter.
Witnesses said they
heard the girl boasting that she had arranged for someone to stab the teenager
and she later went home to fetch a kitchen knife.
When her boyfriend arrived on the scene, he was handed the
blade and used it to stab Junior once, piercing his heart and lung.
The youngster collapsed yards from his housing estate home
in September last year and was pronounced dead an hour later.
Prosecutor Jonathan Turner QC said the argument ‘was
stupid and trivial and completely
unnecessary’.
‘It was loud enough to be heard by neighbours,’ he added.
‘Words were said, voices were raised and threats were made.
‘She thought that Junior had insulted her or been less than
respectful to her. She was very angry and determined that he should be punished
– indeed stabbed – to put things right.
‘She called up her boyfriend and was heard to tell Junior
that she had arranged for somebody to come and stab him.’
Mr Turner added: ‘He (the defendant) was encouraged and
requested by her to come and do this. Indeed, to use an old-fashioned phrase,
was set up by her to do this.’
The now 17-year-old killer, from Herne Hill, South London,
claimed he was acting as a peacemaker and knifed Junior in self-defence.
Both he and the girl, from Brixton, were given anonymity
during the trial. They can't be named because of legal reasons. They will be
sentenced on April 5.
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