Teenager murdered in ‘revenge attack’

A teenager was ‘butchered’ by youths from a rival estate looking to ‘settle the score’ and wreak revenge after their friend was stabbed hours earlier, a court heard. Hasan Ozcan, 19, was stabbed to death by three masked knifemen by a play area on the Gascoigne Estate in Barking, east London, last February. His killers had travelled there on bicycles ‘specifically seeking revenge for what they perceived to be a loss of respect’ following another incident earlier that day in…

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