Central Criminal Court Crown Court Sentencing Results

Shaine March killed his 32-year-old pregnant partner, the victim, in a brutal knife attack outside their home in Walthamstow, on 22 July 2024. The attack followed an argument inside the property, during which March stabbed the victim multiple times. She emerged from the house holding her side, shouting 'Shaine stabbed me' before collapsing. A blood-stained knife was found near the front door, and the victim's two-year-old daughter was inside the home. March fled the scene but was arrested shortly after at a nearby café, covered in blood and admitting to the killing. CCTV and witness statements confirmed his responsibility. The murder was linked to escalating domestic abuse and controlling behaviour, exacerbated by the victim's recent pregnancy, which March was unhappy about.

Paul Longworth, aged 71, and the victim, aged 62, were brutally murdered at their flat in Shepherd’s Bush on Monday, 8 July last year.

Gabriel Charles participated in a fatal shooting in broad daylight in Peckham, south east London, on 10 July 2024. A silver Ford S-Max drove towards a Peckham alleyway in East Surrey Grove, stopping nearby. The victim was shot five times, with one bullet proving fatal. He died the following day in hospital. Charles fled the country after the incident and was arrested and charged with murder in November 2024 upon returning to the UK. The trial lasted three months, with guilty verdict on 24 July 2025.

Joshua McCorquodale joined the pursuit of the victim from a nightclub near Oxford Circus to New Cross on 7 July 2024, driving in a stolen car while looking for robbery victims. He exited the vehicle, armed with a large knife and wearing a balaclava, and took part in the robbery and stabbing of the victim, inflicting wounds to the chest and thigh that proved fatal after two weeks in hospital.

Sofian Alliche, part of a group that spent hours outside a nightclub near Oxford Circus looking for victims to rob, followed the victim in a stolen car for eight miles to New Cross on 7 July 2024. He exited the vehicle, grabbed the victim's bag, and participated in the stabbing that caused fatal injuries to the chest and thigh, severing the femoral artery. The group returned to Camden after the attack, hiding the vehicle and selling the stolen phone.

Shian Johnson was part of the group that pursued the victim from central London to southeast London in a stolen car on 7 July 2024, intending to rob him. After following for over 30 minutes, he exited the vehicle at Florence Terrace, New Cross, wearing a balaclava and armed with a large knife, grabbed the victim's bag, and stabbed the victim, leading to his death two weeks later from blood loss.

Alfie Hipple was involved in following the victim and his friends in a stolen car from central London to New Cross on 7 July 2024 for the purpose of robbery. He exited the vehicle at the scene, wearing a balaclava and carrying a large knife, grabbed the victim's bag, and stabbed the victim in the chest and right thigh, severing the femoral artery and causing death on 21 July 2024.

Amin Alliche, along with four others, followed the victim and his friends from a nightclub in central London to New Cross in a stolen car with the intention of robbing them. On 7 July 2024, while the others attacked the victim, Amin remained in the driver's seat of the vehicle. After the stabbing, he drove the group back to northwest London, where they sold the stolen mobile phone and hid the car. Weapons including knives and machetes were seized from addresses linked to the defendants.

Bailey McKenzie was involved in a gang-related shooting on 14 December 2020 in Middleton Road, Hackney, where he planned the attack and supplied the firearm used by his associates to fire multiple shots at a car containing five innocent young men celebrating a birthday. The victims had no gang affiliations; three were shot, one suffering permanent life-changing injuries including blindness. McKenzie was linked to the crime through new digital forensic technology introduced in 2023, despite not being physically present.

Joshua Eno, 25, from Tooting, shot 21-year-old the victim in the chest at point-blank range in Battersea, London, on October 5, 2023, over a missing stolen BMW motorbike robbed from Battersea BMW dealership that day. A shout of 'that's karma' was heard after the shooting.

Imri Doue, 18, from Woolwich, ambushed and stabbed 15-year-old victim with a machete during a gang check near a house in Woolwich on September 22, 2024. The victim suffered two stab wounds and six cuts, crying 'I'm 15, don't let me die'. The attack linked to street gang exploitation.

Marko Balaz, 19, from Abbey Wood, participated in ambushing and attacking the 15-year-old victim with a machete during a gang check in Woolwich on September 22, 2024. The victim was stabbed twice and cut six times in a gang-related incident exploiting vulnerable youths.

Eden Clark participated in the group attack on 29 June 2023 on the Elthorne estate in Archway, where individuals were mistaken for rival gang members. The group stabbed the 15-year-old victim, who died at the scene, and the 23-year-old victim, who died in hospital, and injured another man.

Jason Furtado helped coordinate the group that attacked on the Elthorne estate in Archway on 29 June 2023. The group, thinking the victims were rivals, stabbed 15-year-old victim fatally at the scene and 23-year-old victim, who died in hospital, while injuring another man.

Xavier Poponne was involved in the group that attacked on the Elthorne estate in Archway on 29 June 2023, mistaking victims for rivals. The group fatally stabbed the 15-year-old victim at the scene and the 23-year-old victim in hospital, and injured another man. He later wrote lyrics admitting involvement.

Abel Chunda was part of a group that attacked individuals on the Elthorne estate in Archway on 29 June 2023, mistaking them for rival gang members. The group fatally stabbed the 15-year-old victim and the 23-year-old victim, and injured another man.

Lorik Lupqi, a gang member, mistook a group filming a music video for rivals and organised an attack. On 29 June 2023, he and others stabbed a 15-year-old victim, who died at the scene, and a 23-year-old victim, who died in hospital, along with injuring another man. The incident occurred on the Elthorne estate in Archway, London.

Constance Marten and the baby's father went on the run in late December 2022 while Marten was heavily pregnant with their fifth child, evading social services after four previous children were taken into care due to unsuitable living conditions. Marten secretly gave birth to the baby, whose placenta was found in a burning car on the M61 motorway near Greater Manchester on 5 January 2023. The couple travelled extensively by taxi, avoided using bank cards and phones to evade detection, and settled in a tent in the freezing conditions of the South Downs National Park from 8 January 2023, exposing the newborn to extreme cold, wind, wet clothing, and condensation without adequate protection such as socks, hat, or blanket. The baby endured these high-risk conditions for some weeks before dying of hypothermia, her decomposing body later found in a shopping bag in a disused shed in Brighton. The couple was arrested on 27 February 2023 and did not disclose the baby's existence until the body was discovered two days later.

The victim's mother and Mark Gordon went on the run in late December 2022 while the victim's mother was heavily pregnant with their fifth child, evading social services after four previous children were taken into care due to unsuitable living conditions. The victim's mother secretly gave birth to the victim, whose placenta was found in a burning car on the M61 motorway near Greater Manchester on 5 January 2023. The couple travelled extensively by taxi, avoided using bank cards and phones to evade detection, and settled in a tent in the freezing conditions of the South Downs National Park from 8 January 2023, exposing the newborn to extreme cold, wind, wet clothing, and condensation without adequate protection such as socks, hat, or blanket. The baby endured these high-risk conditions for some weeks before dying of hypothermia, her decomposing body later found in a shopping bag in a disused shed in Brighton. The couple was arrested on 27 February 2023 and did not disclose the baby's existence until the body was discovered two days later.

Javon Riley orchestrated a shooting on 29 May 2024 in Kingsland Road, Dalston, by arranging for a gunman to fire six shots outside a restaurant from a stolen Ducati Monster, intending to kill rival members of an organised crime network. He scouted the area over several days, drove past the restaurant multiple times on the evening of the incident, and assisted the gunman's escape by disposing of the firearm, resulting in a nine-year-old girl sustaining life-changing injuries and three men being shot.

Issa Siteri was involved in the organised murder of the victim on 1 April 2024 in West Kensington. As part of the group, he met with the others, changed clothes, concealed himself near the scene, and participated in the execution, which involved arming themselves with knives and a gun for a drug-related dispute, leading to the victim being shot at his front door.

Khuder Al-Kurdi was involved in a planned and organised execution linked to a drug dispute. He contacted the victim to ascertain his location under the guise of arranging a drug deal, then relayed this information to the other defendants. On 1 April 2024, the group, armed with a handgun and knives, went to the victim's house in West Kensington, where the victim was shot and killed as he opened his front door.

Yusuf Muhudin Abdi was a participant in the premeditated murder of the victim on 1 April 2024 in West Kensington. He joined the group that met, armed themselves with weapons including a handgun and knives, concealed themselves, and executed the attack as part of a drug-related dispute, resulting in the victim being fatally shot when he opened his front door.

Muktar Said was part of a group that meticulously planned the murder of the victim amid a drug-related dispute. On 1 April 2024, the defendants met, armed themselves, and travelled to West Kensington. Said was involved in the execution, where the victim was shot at his front door after the group concealed themselves and waited for the signal.

Mohammed Mansaray directly participated in the planned murder of the victim on 1 April 2024 in West Kensington. He met with the group, displayed the handgun, positioned himself outside the victim's house, and fired the single bullet that killed the victim as he stepped out his front door, in what was described as a ruthless execution linked to a drug dispute.

On 26 August 2024, at Notting Hill Carnival in Canal Way, off Ladbroke Grove, Rumarni Tuitt became agitated during a verbal argument in a crowd, drew a knife at least 10 inches in length from his waistband, and stabbed a 19-year-old man five times, causing multiple serious injuries including to his abdomen that required life-saving surgery. The victim and Tuitt were strangers, and no motive was established. Officers arrested Tuitt at the scene and provided immediate medical treatment until paramedics arrived; the knife was recovered from the scene.

Habiba Naveed killed her landlord and friend, the victim, by hitting him with a pan, causing him to fall, then strangling him until she believed he was unconscious, and hitting him again. This occurred on 15 August 2024 at a residential address in London. She also killed their pet cat, Snow, by stabbing it in the neck, believing an evil spirit had entered it after leaving the victim's body. Naveed was arrested the same day and provided her account to a psychiatrist while on remand.

On 29 December 2019, Errol Woodger was robbing items from the victim's flat in Erith, including the victim's car keys. When the victim attempted to stop Woodger from driving off in the victim's car, Woodger deliberately drove the car at the victim, running the victim over and causing fatal injuries. The victim was taken to hospital but never regained consciousness and died on 29 January 2020.

On 18 October 2024, Oguzcan Dereli drove a blue Ford Focus estate to a side street off Clerkenwell Road in Islington, where he approached the victim, who was parked on his moped. Dereli exited the vehicle, armed with a machete, and stabbed the victim in the thigh, causing significant blood loss. He then returned to his car and drove away, leaving the victim to collapse on the pavement. The incident was captured on CCTV, leading to Dereli's identification and arrest. The victim was rushed to hospital but died three days later.

Yusuf Abdi, 19, of Westminster, was part of the group that carried out the planned and organised execution of the victim, a 21-year-old drug dealer, who was shot with a single bullet to the chest as he opened his front door in Kensington, linked to a drugs dispute.

Mohamed Mansaray, 18, of Neasden, north-west London, was involved in the planned and organised execution of the 21-year-old victim, a drug dealer, who was shot with a single bullet to the chest as he opened his front door in Kensington. The incident was linked to a drugs dispute and occurred last year.

On 30 April 2024, Marcos Arduini-Monzo, in a drug-induced psychotic state from cannabis misuse, rampaged through the streets of Hainault with a sword over a 20-minute period around 7am. He deliberately drove his van into the first victim, catapulting them into a garden, then attacked them with the sword; the victim survived. He then fatally attacked the 14-year-old victim, who was walking to school, inflicting catastrophic injuries. Arduini-Monzo struck an arriving ambulance with his sword, preventing aid. He ferociously attacked a female police officer during a chase, causing significant injuries. He broke into a nearby house via the backdoor and attacked a sleeping couple in their bedroom, injuring the male who protected his partner; he left upon hearing their four-year-old child crying. Finally, while surrounded by police in a garage area, he struck another officer with the sword before being disarmed and arrested after jumping on garage roofs. None of the victims knew him.