AHMET GOMULU

LONDON TEENAGER JAILED FOR LIFE OVER FATAL BUS STOP STABBING

An 18-year-old has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a teenager during a petty argument at a bus stop.

The offender, Ahmet Gomulu, stabbed Nassirudeen Osawe, age 16, through the heart in Islington, north London, last December.

The Old Bailey tribunal heard Gomulu attacked Nassirudeen and his friends because he believed they were staring at him, which led to Nassirudeen being stabbed twice.

Gomulu, who is from Stoke Newington, must serve a minimum of 12 years for murder and wounding with intent.

During the trial, Gomulu, who suffers from learning difficulties, became aggressive and accused the victim and his friends of staring at him.

He initially took out a knife and stabbed one of Nassirudeen's friends in the side, and subsequently, Nassirudeen was stabbed twice following a confrontation that ensued as Nassirudeen and his friends chased Gomulu.

The court described the killing as "in response to a wholly imagined slight." The victim's sister, Zain Idriss, voiced her outrage, emphasizing the need for harsher sentencing for knife crimes, and her brother had aspired to be an architect and was just days away from his 17th birthday when he was killed.