Jodie was victim of ‘pathetic’ turf war

Girl scout Jodie Chesney was stabbed to death by mistake in front of her boyfriend by a drugs gang trying to earn respect in a ‘pathetic’ turf war, a court heard. Jodie, 17, was knifed in the back as she listened to music with friends at a park in Harold Hill, east London, on March 1. The stabbing left the sixth form student bleeding heavily as her friends battled in vain to save her around 9:20pm. Despite the efforts of…