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2:57pm Tuesday 15th July 2008
A GANG of six youths have been put behind bars for a knife attack which left a student fighting for his life.
Faheem Javaid, aged 20, was stabbed four times in the back, struck with a rock, punched, kicked and hit with a motorcycle helmet during the attack on June 25 last year.
The gang, aged from 14 to 19 at the time of the attack, can be named after Judge Giles Forrester lifted restrictions which would have prevented some of them from being identified.
Knife-wielder Abdul Yassin-Noor, aged 20, was described as the leader in the attack near McDonald's in Well Hall Road, Eltham.
He was convicted of attempted murder at the Old Bailey last month.
Five others were convicted of wounding with intent.
The attack followed Mr Javaid's 14-year-old brother being robbed on a bus earlier that day.
When Mr Javaid found out he confronted the yobs responsible and punched one of them in the face.
Other youths, who the judge said were either members of or linked to the Ferrier Boys gang, then came out of McDonald's and surrounded Mr Javaid.
Judge Forrester said they then "set about him in the most dreadful way."
The judge explained that each of the six knew Yassin-Noor had a knife, realised he might use it and that this state of mind would have led to a murder charge if Mr Javaid had died.
Judge Forrester said: "On arrival at hospital his body was struggling to survive life-threatening injuries."
He added: "This was needless and extremely serious violence in which a knife was carried and used and in which a young man very nearly lost his life. Each of you bears a responsibility for that."
Sentencing them at the Old Bailey yesterday (July 14), he said: 'Gang membership and knife culture is prevalent.
"The public are right to be concerned about events such as these and increasingly young people are involved both as victims and defendants. Sentences to deter are necessary."
The events followed another incident on April 24 last year in Kidbrooke when Mr Javaid's other brother was also robbed and attacked.
Witnesses had seen between seven and 10 youths taking part in that attack and said a knife was also produced.
Simba Chiuture, aged 17, of Wricklemarsh Road, Kidbrooke, was given a total of eight years for robbery and wounding with intent in the June incident and violent disorder in the April robbery.
Alex Ojerinola, aged 17, of Ebdon Way, Kidbrooke, was given a total of seven years for robbery and wounding Mr Javaid with intent.
Trevon Bert, aged 15, of Brooklands Park, Kidbrooke, got six years for robbery and wounding with intent.
Younatan Frezgi, aged 15, of Ryan Close, Kidbrooke, was given five years for wounding with intent.
Neil Williamson, aged 17, of Langbrook Road, Kidbrooke, got five years for wounding with intent.
A 16-year-old, who cannot be named, was given a 12-month detention and training order for violent disorder in the April incident.
Bert, Ojerniola, Frezgi and Williamson were cleared of the April offence during the trial.
All the charges had been denied.
Ermintrude, says...
6:31pm Tue 15 Jul 08
Mick, Walderslade says...
7:24pm Tue 15 Jul 08
Terry, London says...
2:19am Wed 16 Jul 08
A Singh, Kent says...
9:28am Wed 16 Jul 08
Mick wrote:At first this comment incensed me with indignation! But after thinking about it for a while I could see his point sadly. I recently read a report of 'Old England' a century ago. It spoke of abject poverty, filth and degradation in a slum area of London, and a fatality rate of 1 in 6 due to illness, ignorance and poor conditions, but importantly knife crime was non-existent and serious crime seemed very low if any at all! So after some thought I guess that Mick is not altogether off track with his suggestion that the new influx of people over the last few decades have had an impact on crime. But I would also suggest that the culture of knife crime has not only come from unscrupulous people settling on these shores but also due to a 'must have bling and latest techno' culture, 'a lazy attitude to work honestly for a living' and a steady stream of negative media influencing young minds. Lastly a country that has taken political correctness to over-proportionate extremes and has a legal system that is largely operated from non-plussed eurocrats across the water who are impartial to what may happen here in the UK! Those who uphold the law are almost entirely powerless as a result.
Good old multi-culturalism coming to a town near you... soon
Ba, Rotherhithe says...
9:43am Wed 16 Jul 08
anita, dartford says...
9:54am Wed 16 Jul 08
Se3, Kidbrooke says...
12:00pm Wed 16 Jul 08
rob, london says...
12:02pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Harry Brown, Bromley says...
12:24pm Wed 16 Jul 08
rob, london says...
12:47pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Politically correct do gooder, On a high horse says...
12:55pm Wed 16 Jul 08
rob, london says...
1:04pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Se3, Kidbrooke says...
1:09pm Wed 16 Jul 08
rob, london says...
1:20pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Harry Brown, Bromley says...
1:40pm Wed 16 Jul 08
who exactly is stereo-typing with comments such as 'chavvy little white kid'?
Harry Brown you are clearly an offended non-indiginous fellow
Harry Brown, Bromley says...
1:44pm Wed 16 Jul 08
rob wrote:Not one part of that statement is in the slightest bit true. And if it that wasn't bad enough, you round it off with praise for the BNP, just to kill off any shred of credibility you might have had left.
also did you know that if these are immigrants they will be given the chance to serve half there sentence back home and be given 5000 pounds of tax payers money to do so/ where did this goverment get that idea from ? the BNP/ says it all
lmao i take it your black and probably one of the kidbrook crew
Mark, Work says...
1:50pm Wed 16 Jul 08
rob, london says...
1:53pm Wed 16 Jul 08
SE3, Kidbrooke says...
3:41pm Wed 16 Jul 08
The Real Me, Here says...
4:30pm Wed 16 Jul 08
politically correct, do gooder says...
4:34pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Harry Brown wrote:No it doesn't make a blind bit of difference Harry Brown. Careful, you sound like you are about to blow a gasket. How's your blood pressure?
who exactly is stereo-typing with comments such as 'chavvy little white kid'?Erm, no, not stereotyping. The kid is clearly white. That is a fact. Looking at a photograph, deciding the people in it must be immigrants, and making a snap judgement about all immigrants - that is stereotyping. As for the 'chav' comment - Council House and Violent - I'd say that acronym is probably true of young Mr Williamson too, wouldn't you?Harry Brown you are clearly an offended non-indiginous fellowNo, British born and bred to British born and bred parents (and grandparents and great-grandparents etc). Oh, and white too. That probably makes a difference in your eyes. The only politically corrrect prejudice I have is against idiots, like you.
Politically Correct, do gooder says...
4:39pm Wed 16 Jul 08
The Real me, Here says...
4:58pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Sisyphus, Bromley says...
5:03pm Wed 16 Jul 08
rob wrote:It always amuses me when people use 'do-gooder' as a term of abuse, as if doing good isn't the right thing to do. I assume our single-cellular Rob would rather we all act against the public good.
it doesnt but there parents or grandparents came here so if you tell them they will ALL be deported you will see a dramatic fall in crime you are one of the dogooders im on about its people like you that keep them being able to scream racist every chance they ffing get you muggy ****
jay, br8 says...
6:06pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Anti-Harry Brown, says...
6:10pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Anti-Harry Brown, says...
6:12pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Harry Brown, Bromley says...
7:45pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Anti-Harry Brown wrote:No, I won't apologise, and nor does the News Shopper have anything to apologise for.
Harry Calling a white person - however bad a chav is just as bad as calling a black person a ****. Please apologise or shove off.
A Reader, says...
11:05pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Lu, says...
11:16pm Wed 16 Jul 08
Harry Brown, Bromley says...
11:20pm Wed 16 Jul 08
anita, dartford says...
9:02am Thu 17 Jul 08
jo, Beckenham says...
9:26am Thu 17 Jul 08
n, london says...
11:27am Thu 17 Jul 08
Em, says...
11:46am Thu 17 Jul 08
anita wrote:So r yu saying that kids that wears a bandana and hangs around with a group of people their own age and carries a weapon on their person has not recieved education? If they live on the Ferrier Estate, or any estate for dat matter, does that make them low-lifes? What you should do is ask the question WHY do these kids need to carry weapons? What are they afraid of? Why are they equipped to battle? Calling ALL kids of this description cowards doesn't help nuffing! If your kids lived on dat estate you'd see! I fink yu got a class issue!
I think everyone of these scumbags walking the streets armed with knives etc. are total cowards with big yellow streaks down their backs, and they are so scared to be recognised (for when they are on their own) they cover their faces with their stupid bandanas. You could'nt get more cowardly than that and they think they are hard - pathetic. Get them on their own and they are low life ignorants who have no education and are so thick they will never get a job.
Roman, Chislehurst says...
12:43pm Thu 17 Jul 08
Kitten, London says...
1:55pm Thu 17 Jul 08
anita, dartford says...
1:58pm Thu 17 Jul 08
Madisa, says...
3:52pm Thu 17 Jul 08
david lloyd, eltham says...
12:20am Fri 18 Jul 08
mayibuye, south africa says...
3:48am Fri 18 Jul 08
A Survivor, says...
9:25am Fri 18 Jul 08
Madisa wrote:So you come from the street do you? And are restricted by poverty. Is it those reasons for you not receiving the FREE education this country offers? Bull! Get off the street and into honest work! Anyone who wants to has an opportunity to climb out of the mire and make something of themselves. A decent and honest, hardworking person is a hundred times better than a rich man or a sloth! Don't think hard times have hit the estates of London, news is 'THEY ARE MUCH IMPROVED' The only thing that has decayed is the generations of people living there, morally! Back in the day, if parents were feckless and stupid then their kids worked hard so as NOT to be like them and stay stuck in hardship. Nowadays they just continue the benefit grabbing, workless trend! Madisa you are young and possibly enjoying your teenage freedom running with your gangs which is fine as long as you keep a good moral grounding.
BangBang Its The Ferrier Gang!... All of you suppossed interlects that claim to have substantial knowledge on street crimes dont even leave your front doors so how could you posibly have an understanding? You havent experienced nothing, your all victims of societys stereotypes. If you got off your arses and experienced the roads you would kjnow that these little 'yobs' arent the inhumane people, they're products of their environment and they will continue to be so until the middle class abandon the concept of 'lassiez faire'that was meant to have been abolished years ago. Forget superiority about you have jobs etc... some comunities are areas restricted by poverty. So Boii...Say Sutterrrnn DunKnoo Its Block Gang...Thamesmehh!
g, Kent says...
5:13pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Madisa wrote:Sir you are a ****!!
BangBang Its The Ferrier Gang!... All of you suppossed interlects that claim to have substantial knowledge on street crimes dont even leave your front doors so how could you posibly have an understanding? You havent experienced nothing, your all victims of societys stereotypes. If you got off your arses and experienced the roads you would kjnow that these little 'yobs' arent the inhumane people, they're products of their environment and they will continue to be so until the middle class abandon the concept of 'lassiez faire'that was meant to have been abolished years ago. Forget superiority about you have jobs etc... some comunities are areas restricted by poverty. So Boii...Say Sutterrrnn DunKnoo Its Block Gang...Thamesmehh!
exposer, erith says...
11:28am Sat 19 Jul 08
pauline, london says...
9:19pm Sat 19 Jul 08
pauline, london says...
9:33pm Sat 19 Jul 08
South East, South East says...
9:38pm Sat 19 Jul 08
pauline, london says...
11:05pm Sat 19 Jul 08
n, catford says...
9:16am Sun 20 Jul 08
pauline, london says...
10:01am Mon 21 Jul 08
pauline, london says...
10:09am Mon 21 Jul 08
pauline, london says...
10:10am Mon 21 Jul 08
Locked and Loaded, says...
12:07pm Mon 21 Jul 08
n, c says...
12:59pm Mon 21 Jul 08
Lucy Ane Smith, Blackheath says...
1:24pm Mon 21 Jul 08
me here........, bexleyheath says...
2:53pm Mon 21 Jul 08
pauline wrote:What a sad excuse for a mother.
i am a victims mum my first son was stab 2 years ago he is couldhave lost his leg and life and i do know what am talking about trevon was a victim jauaid punch him in the face more than 10 time a 14 year old so that is all right 4 a man of 20 2 do that but he should never of had been stab o 4 it
n, london says...
3:42pm Mon 21 Jul 08
Mik, ex Bexley Borough says...
6:08pm Mon 21 Jul 08
Live in hope, Earth last I looked says...
1:51pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Lucy Ane Smith wrote:Why then are most of the stabbings committed and carried out on and by a majority of black youths? I am not racist but this year especially it seems the reports tell us that the youths carrying out these crimes are black, including most of the victims. Are you suggesting that there is an equal amount of stabbings carried out by white youths but deliberately dumbed down by the media? Then that is a truly worrying racist trend!
why don\'t all you racist people get a job or do something with your life. Yes l am a WHITE person and l am a youth worker. l work with white and black kids. WhY is it that the black kids l work with all get straight A in their school work and are accepted in the best University in the country? Not on tax payers money but money that their parents have worked for. 2 of them are now going to top Medical schools. Why put all black kids in the same shoes. If a black doctor wanted to operate on your dying white child l bet you would not say no would you rob??? You have a lot of hate in you and you get angry at others showing hate. You have no leg to stand on and that is why everyone in my office full of white people are laughging at you right now. Really hope that you and the other racists are not grown, that would a joke. A child l might understand a grown man, then mate l am very worried for you. White people mug, kill and steall as well. it depends on what area you live in. Are black people to blame also for the deaths in white areas. Or is it all right that white people can kill???
live in hope, here says...
2:04pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Mik wrote:Give Give Give. Take Take Take! These are a sign of the times if ever there were any! As a Christian here is a poem for you passed on to me recently.
Well done Lucy Ann for trying to sort out the mess that some of the kids get into. A ray of light here amongst a seething mass of hate, revenge and just plain old evil. God bless and protect you. Yes these kids need punishment. Nobody thank God was killed. They need to be set straight, have a sense of worth instilled in them, an honest set of values and be guided by someone who truly cares & has a love for them. The vile attitudes I can see being vented here will only reap more of the same. Retaliation will only bring about revenge and an ever depressing cycle until someone stands up with strength to overcome that urge like Jimmy Mizzen's parents and stops it in its tracks. With the kind of attitudes here it's not surprising that kids are of low self esteem and get angry and clash with each other and anyone else who gets in their way. The answer is I believe: 1. Give them a real deterrent which they will fear which they'll see if they kill or badly injure another. 2. Carry out the threat. They want real firm boundaries not soft cotton wool ones. 3. Teach and show them firm family values such as honesty, respect, loyalty, truthfulness, trustworthiness, compassion, kindness, friendship and forgiveness. 4. Show them the jail, the sadness, the grief that they will find in their short life ahead if they carry on against the opposite if they turn their life around. 5. Parents should be accountable, if not already, if they have been negligent. 6. The media, tv, video and music scene should be more tightly censured to prevent kids being exposed to stuff that they are not able to handle at too young an age. They are being pressured into growing up too quickly. Let them play as childen not pretend grown ups. 7. Bring back common sense. 8. Allow discipline to be undertaken properly if necessary in schools without fear of riduclous legal reprisals. 9. Give them an aim in life which they can really hope for. 10. Give the children good examples and role models. In other words practise what you preach. Good old Christian basic values in other words. These have been abandoned by many. Look where it's taken us. Time now to throw the anchors down from this ship to slow the progress and turn the rudder around. It's not too late for anyone yet.
Lucy Ann smith, Blackheath says...
2:42pm Tue 22 Jul 08
n wrote:Clearly a child wrote the above. l am not saying that they did not do wrong and that they should not be sent to prison. What l am saying n, london is that by you calling them scum will NOT and can NOT change any thing. Will name calling help you sleep better at night? l think not. At least l am trying to make a change, l will rather act and make a positive change then sit at home and start name calling. A dumb cow you say, l have a masters degree. Pls grow up, name calling is so child like.
well lucy ann smith, im mixed raced myself noone on here is being racist, we are calling them scum cause they are for what they done, so dont come woth that cry u dumb woman, stick to ur day job you thick cow
n, london says...
8:06pm Tue 22 Jul 08
mick, dartford says...
10:03pm Tue 22 Jul 08
GOD, UP ERE says...
11:16pm Tue 22 Jul 08
live in hope wrote:What ARE you on about? I havent done a stroke for 2008 years. Go on Strike??? I Cant be bothered!!!
Mik wrote: Well done Lucy Ann for trying to sort out the mess that some of the kids get into. A ray of light here amongst a seething mass of hate, revenge and just plain old evil. God bless and protect you. Yes these kids need punishment. Nobody thank God was killed. They need to be set straight, have a sense of worth instilled in them, an honest set of values and be guided by someone who truly cares & has a love for them. The vile attitudes I can see being vented here will only reap more of the same. Retaliation will only bring about revenge and an ever depressing cycle until someone stands up with strength to overcome that urge like Jimmy Mizzen's parents and stops it in its tracks. With the kind of attitudes here it's not surprising that kids are of low self esteem and get angry and clash with each other and anyone else who gets in their way. The answer is I believe: 1. Give them a real deterrent which they will fear which they'll see if they kill or badly injure another. 2. Carry out the threat. They want real firm boundaries not soft cotton wool ones. 3. Teach and show them firm family values such as honesty, respect, loyalty, truthfulness, trustworthiness, compassion, kindness, friendship and forgiveness. 4. Show them the jail, the sadness, the grief that they will find in their short life ahead if they carry on against the opposite if they turn their life around. 5. Parents should be accountable, if not already, if they have been negligent. 6. The media, tv, video and music scene should be more tightly censured to prevent kids being exposed to stuff that they are not able to handle at too young an age. They are being pressured into growing up too quickly. Let them play as childen not pretend grown ups. 7. Bring back common sense. 8. Allow discipline to be undertaken properly if necessary in schools without fear of riduclous legal reprisals. 9. Give them an aim in life which they can really hope for. 10. Give the children good examples and role models. In other words practise what you preach. Good old Christian basic values in other words. These have been abandoned by many. Look where it's taken us. Time now to throw the anchors down from this ship to slow the progress and turn the rudder around. It's not too late for anyone yet.Give Give Give. Take Take Take! These are a sign of the times if ever there were any! As a Christian here is a poem for you passed on to me recently. IF GOD SHOULD GO ON STRIKE HOW GOOD IT IS THAT GOD ABOVE HAS NEVER GONE ON STRIKE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT TREATED FAIR IN THINGS HE DIDN'T LIKE! IF ONLY ONCE HE HAS SAT DOWN AND SAID, "THAT'S IT! I'M THROUGH; I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THOSE ON EARTH, SO THIS IS WHAT I'LL DO; I'LL GIVE MY ORDERS TO THE SUN, 'CUT OFF THE HEAT SUPPLY' AND TO THE MOON, 'GIVE NO MORE LIGHT, AND RUN THE OCEANS DRY' THEN JUST TO MAKE THINGS REALLY TOUGH, AND PUT THE PRESSURE ON 'TURN OFF THE VITAL OXYGEN TILL EVERY BREATH IS GONE'." YOU KNOW, HE WOULD BE JUSTIFIED, IF FAIRNESS WAS THE GAME FOR NO-ONE HAS BEEN MORE ABUSED OR MET WITH SUCH DISDAIN THAN GOD, AND YET HE CARRIED ON, SUPPLYING YOU AND ME WITH ALL THE FAVOURS OF HIS GRACE, AND EVERYTHING FOR FREE! MEN SAY THEY WANT A BETTER DEAL, AND SO OFF ON STRIKE THEY GO BUT WHAT A DEAL WE'VE GIVEN GOD TO WHOM ALL THINGS WE OWE WE DON'T CARE WHO WE HURT OR HARM TO GAIN THE THINGS WE LIKE BUT WHAT A MESS WE'D ALL BE IN IF GOD SHOULD GO ON STRIKE !
Madisa, says...
1:13pm Fri 25 Jul 08
Vicktor, London says...
1:57pm Mon 28 Jul 08
Mick wrote:Are you trying to be funny?....or are you just scared?Dumb mouth breathing scum.I hope you have not started breeding.
Good old multi-culturalism coming to a town near you... soon
Damien, Erith says...
2:03pm Mon 28 Jul 08
n wrote:Not a degree in English then?Stop posting in this retarded text talk and people may take your point seriously.
well lucy ann, clap clap u have a degree, so do i,what do u want a medal you sad cow, dont come on here with the we are rasict crap,
the ferrier gang, ferrier blokz of rokz says...
10:58am Tue 29 Jul 08
anita, dartford says...
12:46pm Wed 30 Jul 08
ferrier gang, kidbrooke says...
10:40am Thu 31 Jul 08
ferrier man dem, ferrier says...
12:20pm Mon 4 Aug 08
the ferrier gang wrote:Why write this so that more people can write things about OUR boy? l know all you boys and talk to you often, why not let people know how smart we are. Wishing someone dead is not a joke and if Ghost and them was in another crew and turned on our people, would you find that funny. For real, stop giving black boys a bad name. Some black boys are working hard in the right way to make their money and look after their family. Going to prison will not make you bad boy or a man, it makes you some **** man's girl friend. Which is what can happen to them boys. When they all come out, us guys would have moved on with our life and off the estate. Telling the young ones not to follow their path, it can only lead to Destruction. Trying write properly so that people reading this can see that some of us believe in education and a good life. Peace
this is dedicated to all ma niggaz in jail for knife crime. jaivid the turk deserved wat he got and should of died. that wat u get 4 actin up with us ferrier real geez. se3gang.free the mad batchof killas. 3.lee 3.jarvey 3.armzee 3.crazer .3ghost 3.y.thugz 3.irish 3,maz 3.lil-moe.
BLOCK MAN DEM, FERRIER KIDBROOKE says...
10:53am Tue 5 Aug 08
Abdul Yassin-Noor was given a 15-year sentence for atttempted murder
Five more gang members were sentenced. Top row, left to right: Simba Chiuture, Alex Ojerinola, Younatan Frezgi. Bottom row, left to right: Trevon Bert, Neil Williamson
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5:11pm Tue 15 Jul 08