Jodie murder suspect ‘wanted to settle beef with rival’

Romford

An amateur boxer accused of murdering Jodie Chesney said today (MON) his younger friend wanted to settle ‘beef’ with a rival but stabbed the girl scout by mistake. Light heavyweight Svenson Ong-a-Kwie, 19, claimed the 17-year-old, who cannot be named, jumped into a car driven by Manuel Petrovic, 20, after Jodie was knifed and shouted: ‘Go, go go!’ The two teenagers had been doing drug deals all day when the 17-year-old saw a rival called ‘Tash’ from a taxi window…

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