Teenager jailed for murder after fatally stabbing bike enthusiast

A teen has been jailed for astatine slightest 22 years aft fatally stabbing his neighbour - a motorcycle enthusiast - successful the chest.

Sanchez Tate, 18, attacked his 21-year-old neighbour Mohamed Abdi Noor connected 11 December past twelvemonth successful Tufnell Park Road successful Kentish Town, northbound London.

During a proceedings astatine the Old Bailey, the tribunal heard Tate stabbed Mr Abdi Noor successful the thorax earlier moving home. He was arrested soon after.

Prosecutor Catherine Pattison said that "before helium mislaid consciousness, Mr Abdi Noor said 'Sanchez' and repeated it - meaning the sanction of the idiosyncratic who had stabbed him".

The 21-year-old - who the authoritative said had a "passion for pedal cycles and motorbikes" - was taken to infirmary wherever helium died aboriginal the adjacent morning.

Ms Pattison past told jurors: "The level of unit was retired of each proportionality for what was needed to rob someone.

"It has the hallmarks of targeted, if spontaneous, unit against a known individual, immoderate laic down it."

She besides noted Mr Abdi Noor had told his woman of an earlier incidental allegedly involving Tate, erstwhile helium had seen his motorbike connected the crushed successful his property parking lot.

The authoritative said helium asked immoderate teenagers who had knocked it implicit and they pointed to Tate, earlier adding: "Mr Abdi Noor told Mr Tate that helium needed to wage for the harm - a scratch and immoderate parts were damaged.

"Nothing other appeared to travel of it. As it happened, Mr Abdi Noor took his motorbike to beryllium repaired.

"The harm to the motorbike was inactive being repaired connected the day Mr Abdi Noor died."

Tate claimed helium had acted successful self-defence. He was recovered blameworthy of execution pursuing a proceedings astatine the Old Bailey connected Thursday.

Judge Mark Dennis KC ordered him to beryllium jailed for 22 years. Tate was besides handed a concurrent condemnation of 15 months for possessing a leaf successful a nationalist place.

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Detective Chief Inspector Larry Smith, who led the Scotland Yard probe into the incident, said his thoughts were "with Mohamed's household and those who knew him, who person mislaid a dearly loved household subordinate and friend".

He added: "I americium besides mindful that determination are nary winners successful this lawsuit and Tate, who was 17 years of property astatine the time, volition person a bully woody of clip successful situation to bespeak connected the callous stupidity of his actions."