The homicide of a boy who was minimize down close to his entrance door by a gaggle of youths on a gang ride-out was “glorified” in a video set to drill rap, a court docket has heard.
Bubacar Jabbie Dukureh, 17, who was often known as Buba, was strolling again to his residence in Walthamstow, east London, when he was attacked by 5 youngsters on the night of October 23 2020, the Outdated Bailey heard.
Buba, who was alone, was stabbed to by means of the chest and collapsed in his entrance backyard in a pool of blood.
A resident of Westbury Street raised the alarm and police and medics arrived however Buba couldn’t be saved and he was pronounced lifeless at 9.57pm, jurors had been advised.
Jurors had been advised a “painstaking” investigation uncovered an unlimited amount of CCTV masking the time across the killing.
Prosecutor James Dawes KC stated the footage uncovered a hostile group of 5 youths, two on bicycles and three on foot.
Samuel Bartley, 19, Jamal Dakissaga-Benitez, 19, Alfie Ferguson, 19, and Kaiyan Decordova, 20, had been among the many group.
They had been convicted of murdering Buba following a trial on the Outdated Bailey earlier this yr, the court docket was advised.
A young person, who was 15 on the time and now aged 17, is alleged to have been the fifth member of the group and is on trial for homicide.
He was not a part of the sooner trial as a result of he was overseas and solely returned to the UK per week earlier than it began, Mr Dawes stated.
He advised jurors: “There’s a phrase/phrase which you’ll hear on this case is – a ride-out – it means a gang journey to a different gang’s space.
“Such a visit is harmful, that is a part of the attraction, and weapons had been carried on this ride-out.”
Mr Dawes stated ride-outs might be for retribution, to actual revenge for one thing or to determine dominance over an space.
He went on: “It’s the prosecution case that the attacking group had been on a ride-out to an space managed by rival gangs. They rigorously ready for this ride-out prematurely.”
Mr Dawes stated attackers had been related to the Higham Hill or Priory Court docket Boys gang which was in rivalry with neighbouring gangs referred to as Drive Marlowe, and St James or the Mali Boys.
“It’s the Crown’s case Buba had the looks for them of a Mali Boy and that was ample to get him killed,” the prosecutor stated.
Jurors had been performed a video clip set to a drill rap which was discovered on the telephone belonging to the defendant Ferguson and centered on the sufferer’s tackle.
Mr Dawes stated the video of February final yr gave the impression to be “glorifying” the homicide and was supposed to be uploaded to the web.
He advised jurors: “The journey was a rigorously deliberate ride-out to invade a rival gang territory to impress and if obligatory, confront rivals.
The defendant, who can’t be recognized due to his age, denies homicide and the trial continues.
