The murder of a teenage boy shot dead could be solved with details about a stolen BMW car, police said today as they offered a £20,000 reward for information.
Rhyhiem Ainsworth Barton was standing with a group of friends when he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Kennington, South London, on May 5, 2018.
Two people , then aged 17 and 20, were arrested on suspicion of murder in the following month but later released under investigation – and the killer is still at large.
Rhyhiem was a rapper called GB in London s drill music scene, a genre of music which celebrates gang life and has been promoted by former BBC DJ Tim Westwood.
06:32 EDT, 28 April 2021
A bloody gang war is feared to be on the brink of erupting after an 18-year-old stabbed to death in east London was revealed to be the brother of another knife victim killed four years earlier in the same neighbourhood.
Junior Jah died shortly before 2.45pm on Monday after being attacked in broad daylight just a few feet from his front door in Coolfin Road, Canning Town.
Back in 2017, his brother, Ahmed Jah, then 21, was also stabbed to death just 150 yards from the scene in Freemasons Road as he went to buy a soft drink from a convenience store.
A drill rapper who stabbed a rival gang member in the heart, leaving him in coma from which he may never emerge, has been jailed for 14 years. Joshua Erorh, 18, stabbed “quiet and shy” 21-year-old Ahmad Torfi twice in the chest outside After Hours takeaway, on New Cross Road, on March 14, 2020. Erorh posted a music video boasting about the attack, referencing Ahmad s food order. Ahmad, who worked as a steward at events including football matches and concerts, survived after paramedics performed open heart surgery on the roadside, watched by his twin brother. But he suffered severe brain damage, and nearly a year on has never regained consciousness and remains in hospital, where his family said doctors believe he will eventually die.
Joshua Erorh, 18, of South Essex, sentenced to 14 years at a a young offenders institution
A gang member who left his rival with brain damage after a knife attack and then rapped I put A in the A&E has been jailed for 14 years.
Joshua Erorh, 18, stabbed a 21-year-old Ahmad Torfi twice in the chest, piercing his heart, outside After Hours takeaway on New Cross Road, south east London at 11.50pm on 14 March 2020.
Mr Torfi was saved by paramedics who did open heart surgery on the pavement, but suffered permanent brain damage because his heart stopped from the attack.
He remains in critical condition almost a year later.