"Everyone gets stabbed,
everyone gets shot.
Everyone dies, everyone
goes to jail, that's how life
is." That was the chilling
statement made by
Nathaniel Okusanya, 19
who along with his
friend, Nelson Idiabeta, 18,
killed Kwame Ofosu-Asare,
an innocent 17-year-old
student in March this year
after mistaking him for a
rival gang member.
Kwame Ofosu-Asare
At the time of the
murder, Okusanya was 18
whileIdiabeta was
17.Kwame just happened to
be "in the wrong place at
the wrong time" and was
stabbed 14 times in the back
in a 'cowardly and merciless'
murder by the two young
men.
two
According to Daily Mail, the
pair were members of the
TN1 gang – Trust No One –
out to avenge one of their
member who was stabbed
by a rival gang member from
the GAS gang – Guns and
Shanks – just hours earlier.
They had toured housing
estates in Brixton to find
rival gang members and
came upon 17-year-old
Kwame and his friend, who
had nothing to do with any
gangs. He was a sixth-form
student who moved to
London from Ghana in 2002.
Kwame, a business student,
promising footballer, a
budding actor and rapper,
was walking back with a
friend from a session at a
recording studio when they
were confronted by
Okusanya and Idiabeta in
the Moorlands Estate in
Brixton.
Hours before his horrendous
death he had gone to the
studio to record a track
which he dedicated to his
mother. Kwame and his
friend with a 'sixth sense'
ran away into a cul de sac
where his friend's aunt lived
in a desperate attempt to get
to safety – but she was not
at home.
His friend managed to jump
over a wall but Kwame was
trapped and then killed. He
was violently attacked
suffering 14 stab wounds,
three of which penetrated
his lungs and one his liver.
He shouted out he was from
Catford and pleaded "I'm not
from round here, I'm not
from round here" but he
was murdered by the pair
who were out to avenge
their friend, Stewart who
was stabbed on the top deck
of a bus in West Norwood.
When police searched
Okusanya's home, they
found photos of three other
murder victims – Abukar
Mahamood, who was shot
dead aged 16 in 2007; Sadiq
Adebeyi, 25, who was shot
dead in May 2011; and Nana
Darko-Frimpong, 16, who
was shot dead in June 2011.
Okusanya told police they
were all his friends and
added: "Stabbings happen
everywhere… it's how life is
now. Everyone gets stabbed,
everyone gets shot. Everyone
dies, everyone goes to jail,
that's how life is. In a typical
black area, people get
stabbed, people get shot,
people die."
After an Old Bailey jury found
the pair guilty, they were
jailed for life. Idiabeta was
jailed for life with a
minimum recommendation
of 19 years while Okusanya
was jailed for life with a
minimum recommendation
of 20 years.
everyone gets shot.
Everyone dies, everyone
goes to jail, that's how life
is." That was the chilling
statement made by
Nathaniel Okusanya, 19
who along with his
friend, Nelson Idiabeta, 18,
killed Kwame Ofosu-Asare,
an innocent 17-year-old
student in March this year
after mistaking him for a
rival gang member.
Kwame Ofosu-Asare
At the time of the
murder, Okusanya was 18
whileIdiabeta was
17.Kwame just happened to
be "in the wrong place at
the wrong time" and was
stabbed 14 times in the back
in a 'cowardly and merciless'
murder by the two young
men.
two
According to Daily Mail, the
pair were members of the
TN1 gang – Trust No One –
out to avenge one of their
member who was stabbed
by a rival gang member from
the GAS gang – Guns and
Shanks – just hours earlier.
They had toured housing
estates in Brixton to find
rival gang members and
came upon 17-year-old
Kwame and his friend, who
had nothing to do with any
gangs. He was a sixth-form
student who moved to
London from Ghana in 2002.
Kwame, a business student,
promising footballer, a
budding actor and rapper,
was walking back with a
friend from a session at a
recording studio when they
were confronted by
Okusanya and Idiabeta in
the Moorlands Estate in
Brixton.
Hours before his horrendous
death he had gone to the
studio to record a track
which he dedicated to his
mother. Kwame and his
friend with a 'sixth sense'
ran away into a cul de sac
where his friend's aunt lived
in a desperate attempt to get
to safety – but she was not
at home.
His friend managed to jump
over a wall but Kwame was
trapped and then killed. He
was violently attacked
suffering 14 stab wounds,
three of which penetrated
his lungs and one his liver.
He shouted out he was from
Catford and pleaded "I'm not
from round here, I'm not
from round here" but he
was murdered by the pair
who were out to avenge
their friend, Stewart who
was stabbed on the top deck
of a bus in West Norwood.
When police searched
Okusanya's home, they
found photos of three other
murder victims – Abukar
Mahamood, who was shot
dead aged 16 in 2007; Sadiq
Adebeyi, 25, who was shot
dead in May 2011; and Nana
Darko-Frimpong, 16, who
was shot dead in June 2011.
Okusanya told police they
were all his friends and
added: "Stabbings happen
everywhere… it's how life is
now. Everyone gets stabbed,
everyone gets shot. Everyone
dies, everyone goes to jail,
that's how life is. In a typical
black area, people get
stabbed, people get shot,
people die."
After an Old Bailey jury found
the pair guilty, they were
jailed for life. Idiabeta was
jailed for life with a
minimum recommendation
of 19 years while Okusanya
was jailed for life with a
minimum recommendation
of 20 years.
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