Awareness Of Knives: Complete

A young offender stabbed another teenager to death at a community centre with a 10-inch Rambo knife while on a knife awareness course, a court has heard.

YCMIU, could you?

Michelle Nelson QC, prosecuting, said: 'There is a cruel irony in this case that Hakim Sillah was stabbed while he was attending a weapons awareness training course.

'The course was for young offenders, those aged under 18 with a previous offence related to weapons.'

Ms Nelson said that all participants at the centre had been risk assessed before the session, which was run by the Youth Offending Teams (YOTS), and that 'those classified as high risk were precluded from attending'.

'Both the young men must have been risk assessed, but the sad reality is that both attended that course carrying knives,' she said.

I guess no-one told them there wasn't a practical on this course...

It's Mad To Call Him A Psychologist....

A Croydon psychologist has been jailed for at least 32 years after bludgeoning his victim to death with a barbell to steal his Rolex watch.

Really?!

Well, no. It seems likely he gained the degree while in clink. There's no evidence he ever worked as one:

Christopher McDonald, who gained a first class degree in psychology, had been on life licence for public protection when he killed Paul Tong.

That worked out well, then, didn't it?

Mr Tong, 54, known as Yankee, was attacked by McDonald with an exercise weight at his home in Ealing, west London, on April 19 2017.

Following a trial at the Old Bailey, McDonald, 35, was found guilty of murder and conspiracy to rob. On Monday, he was jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years.

His co-defendant, criminology Masters degree student Aliysa Ellis, a bipolar friend of Mr Tong, was found guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to rob.

What a lovely bunch of people, eh? Truly, it's 'No Humans Involved'.

McDonald, who once burgled his own grandmother while armed with a knife, was released from HMP Elmley on September 8, 2014.

The mitigation is going to be a bit of an uphill struggle. But his brief is game!

Kerim Fuad, QC, defending McDonald, argued that the murderer stood a chance of reforming himself after release from prison 'albeit as a much older man.'

Mr Fuad said: 'His behaviour throughout the trial has been, I submit, impeccable and courteous.

'The minimum term will place him in or close to his 70s before he can ask for parole.

'He's a father of three young children. As an individual he can positively contribute to society. Albeit as a much older man.'

I'm not entirely sure how...

Funny, I've Never Heard Any On Radio Two...

The mother of a teenager hunted down and stabbed to death in a “ferocious” attack by an armed gang today called for an end to London’s street violence.

Police said that following the attack at 7pm on February 22, members of the group “boasted about their murderous exploits in drill videos” posted on social media.

Mr Gabbidon-Lynck’s mother Melanie said “no parent should have to bury their child” and called for radio stations to stop promoting drill rap.

I guess it depends on what stations you listen to...