This innocent man ‘was killed to give gang member notches on his blade’

A teenage killer murdered an innocent man because he was scared of being ‘derecruited’ by a gang, the Old Bailey heard. Theo Momodu, 18, received a text message from an associate berating him for not notching up ‘names on his blade’ before he allegedly stabbed 29-year-old Joshua White through the heart. Mr White, 29, was attacked by a gang of masked men armed with swords and knives on Frampton Park Road, Hackney, east London, on 26 April 2019 Jurors heard…

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