Teenager faces life for knife murder

A teenager who stabbed a rival to death in a ‘savage’ attack just months after being caught carrying a blade is facing a life sentence. Erick Ekam, 19, knifed former Haverstock School pupil Mohammed Aadam Mohammed, 20, five times in Camden, northwest London, on September 4 last year. Plain clothed police constable Matthew Ebbs witnessed the attack and chased after Ekam as he tried to make a getaway, the Old Bailey heard. Prosecutor Allison Hunter QC said: ‘It was quick…