A 16-year-old boy has been convicted of murdering 17-year-old Mustafa Momand after stabbing him in Queen’s Road, Brighton, last October.
At Brighton Crown Court, a jury of six men and six women found the boy, from Southwick, guilty of murder with a large kitchen knife.
He was also convicted of threatening another man, Stephen Slark, from Southwick, with a machete just a few months before the stabbing, outside Portslade station, but acquitted of threatening him with a hammer.
The judge, Sir Adam Constable, known as Mr Justice Constable, said that the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, would be sentenced on Thursday 2 May.
He said: “By law the only sentence that I can pass is one that the defendant will serve at His Majesty’s pleasure but I have to set a minimum term that he must serve before he is eligible to be considered for parole.”
The minimum term that the judge can impose is understood to be 12 years.
The judge praised Mustafa’s parents for the dignified way that they had conducted themselves during the trial.
He said: “It has been moving – and you have shown a great deal of dignity. Thank you for that.”
Mustafa’s mother, Suraya, sitting in the well of the court with her husband, stifled tears and said: “Thank you, my lord.”
In the public gallery, the 16-year-old’s mother sobbed as he was taken back to the cells.
The murder happened at about 5pm on a busy Thursday evening in a crowded street as Mustafa walked backed from the courthouse where his killer would be convicted.
He owed a drug debt to a 22-year-old dealer, Zakaria Deghayes, from Saltdean, also known as Gotti.
Mustafa had moved to Croydon to try to stay clear of trouble. The court was told that he was making a new life there and came back to Brighton just for his appearance in court but he never made it home.
Killing people is too easy these days – he’ll be out when he’s still in his 20’s – bring back the death sentence for murder…a humane sentence too…. simple as… I wish the government would have a referendum to reinstate the death penalty
Yes well said Calvin.
Why should we the taxpayer pay for this animal’s bed and board while decent people have to use food banks?
So your issue is resolved if incarcerated people have to pay money for their time in jail?
TROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“An eye for an eye, and the whole world goes blind.”
China
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Egypt
United States
Pakistan
North Korea
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Not exactly shining examples of DP being effective, are they? However, I’m comforted by the fact that no politician is likely to ever do something like put DP on the table again, not if they ever want to keep their career. It’s too hot a subject to ever approach.
Well said It will reduce crimes as such in no time, also sentence like this should be given to anyone JUST carrying bladed articles in public places🙌🏼
Deghayes is a well know family of drug dealing criminals. One was found dead in a car in Elm Grove a few years ago.
And the other two Deghayes brothers killed fighting for ISIS . What a nice family .
He wasn’t found in a car he died in hospital he was murdered! I think if I’m correct 12 stab wounds with a knife that went in one side of his body and came out the other side murdered in cold blood and the other two lovely sons who your referring to Did not fight for isis you un educated people don’t even know what isis is or how it started or how it’s funded!! Do your research one of the nicest family’s I’ve met!
We should bring back the death penalty far too many lazy young generation killers thinking it’s OK to kill someone
We had x3 stabbed in a month by the station.
Or better yet, we should develop more in young people services, so they don’t end up in environments where they could stab people in the first place. Prevention is a far better methodology, and also something that is grounded in reality compared to DP.
Liberal alert!
He’s just indicating that he has some intelligence.
And given your comment…
Yin and yang, innit.
Another champagne socialist that likes to posture their flawed politics and insult the intelligence of someone else while failing to display their own. Clearly you can have a system that supports young people(which from this article there’s no mention that the person who committed the crime was living under poverty or anything like that) and meaningfully punish bad actions.
Everyone should look up the name ‘Zakaria Deghayes’ who was in the above story…………….. There is real problem with that ‘clan’….
It is a name that keeps “giving” A shining example of British multi cultural society. Isis members, drug dealers and hate speech peddlers.
Now now – they are our guests
What a fine upstanding family.
Ah, the Deghayes family again. What wonderful cultural enrichment they bring to the city.
Once this scum has been sentenced, and Deghayes has been dealt with, I hope the murderer will be named.