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.
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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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