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A student was stabbed to death by three teenage boys in a south London turf war after trying to retrieve his stolen bicycle, the Old Bailey heard.
Myron Yarde, 17, also known as Mdot, leant his bike to a friend so he could go and get a pizza from Dominos in New Cross.
But when the orange and black bike was stolen by a rival group of teenagers, he and his friends went to try and get it back.
Following a stand-off in New Cross Road on April 3, fuelled by anger at Snapchat pictures posted by one of Myron’s friends in a rival “territory”, Myron was “cornered” by three teenagers in Camplin Street and stabbed five times in the legs, the court heard.
He was rushed to hospital but died less than two hours later from his injuries.
Faux Richards, 19, of New Cross, and two 16-year-old boys are all accused of carrying out the murder in Camplin Street on April 3.
“The events in Camplin Street were the brutal culmination of matters that had begun a couple of hours earlier that day, and arose partly from the theft of a bicycle,” said prosecutor Lisa Wilding QC.
“However, that itself reflected an ongoing tension between groups of youths who lived in different but neighbouring parts of New Cross.”
The alleged killers were from an area of New Cross known as Monson, while Myron and his friends were from another area very close by.
Ms Wilding said Myron’s friend, Leoandro Osemeke - known to friends as Showkey - crossed the divide when he went to Dominos to order a pizza.
Leoandro, who himself was stabbed to death at a house party in Peckham a few months later, was followed from the pizza shop to a nearby block of flats by Monson teens who stole Myron’s bike, it is said.
Showkey posted Snapchat pictures from the block which were viewed as a “violation” of Monson territory, the court heard.
In the clashes that followed, said Ms Wilding, “Myron Yarde was stabbed five times in his legs, having been cornered against a wall in Camplin Street.
“The three men who surrounded him and stabbed him were these three male defendants.
“The evidence suggests they were each armed with a knife and without a doubt between the three of them, they inflicted those five wounds.”
Jurors heard news of the stabbing spread quickly on Snapchat, and one of the alleged killers, then just 15, said: “Why the F did he have to come to Monson?”
Jamie Kennedy, 31, and Charlotte Edmonds, 32, both of Bowditch, Surrey Quays, are accused of perverting the course of justice after the stabbing.
All five defendants deny the charges against them. The trial continues
A student was stabbed to death by three teenage boys in a south London turf war after trying to retrieve his stolen bicycle, the Old Bailey heard.
Myron Yarde, 17, also known as Mdot, leant his bike to a friend so he could go and get a pizza from Dominos in New Cross.
But when the orange and black bike was stolen by a rival group of teenagers, he and his friends went to try and get it back.
Following a stand-off in New Cross Road on April 3, fuelled by anger at Snapchat pictures posted by one of Myron’s friends in a rival “territory”, Myron was “cornered” by three teenagers in Camplin Street and stabbed five times in the legs, the court heard.
He was rushed to hospital but died less than two hours later from his injuries.
Faux Richards, 19, of New Cross, and two 16-year-old boys are all accused of carrying out the murder in Camplin Street on April 3.
“The events in Camplin Street were the brutal culmination of matters that had begun a couple of hours earlier that day, and arose partly from the theft of a bicycle,” said prosecutor Lisa Wilding QC.
“However, that itself reflected an ongoing tension between groups of youths who lived in different but neighbouring parts of New Cross.”
The alleged killers were from an area of New Cross known as Monson, while Myron and his friends were from another area very close by.
Ms Wilding said Myron’s friend, Leoandro Osemeke - known to friends as Showkey - crossed the divide when he went to Dominos to order a pizza.
Leoandro, who himself was stabbed to death at a house party in Peckham a few months later, was followed from the pizza shop to a nearby block of flats by Monson teens who stole Myron’s bike, it is said.
Showkey posted Snapchat pictures from the block which were viewed as a “violation” of Monson territory, the court heard.
In the clashes that followed, said Ms Wilding, “Myron Yarde was stabbed five times in his legs, having been cornered against a wall in Camplin Street.
“The three men who surrounded him and stabbed him were these three male defendants.
“The evidence suggests they were each armed with a knife and without a doubt between the three of them, they inflicted those five wounds.”
Jurors heard news of the stabbing spread quickly on Snapchat, and one of the alleged killers, then just 15, said: “Why the F did he have to come to Monson?”
Jamie Kennedy, 31, and Charlotte Edmonds, 32, both of Bowditch, Surrey Quays, are accused of perverting the course of justice after the stabbing.
All five defendants deny the charges against them. The trial continues
