The Eye Of Media

By Eric King And Sammie Jones-

Drama broke out in Birmingham Crown Court after to teens found guilty of murder began fighting in the dock, as the pair sought to blame each other for murdering a drug dealer who served up cannabis from his shop.

The fighting spread outside the court, as family and friends of both the defendants and the victim also broke out.

The court was subjected to delay on more than one occasion, as the pair began fighting in the dock. Security officers were forced to intervene, and one of the two defendants- Dontey Ellis, claimed he was being intimidated.The two teens have been jailed for life after murdering a shopkeeper Jaskaran Kang’s at Stourbridge Road flat wielding weapons – including a ‘Rambo sword’ and zombie knife – and demanding drugs and cash.

19 year old Dontey Ellis and 18 year old James Peak were jailed for killing mr Kang after a seven week trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Mr Kang, 24, was left to bleed to death after he was repeatedly stabbed by 19-year-old Ellis and 18-year-old Peake. The victim had been selling cannabis, which the convicted defendants sought to rob, alongside mr.Kang’s cash.

The Eye Of Media.Com has heard from sources in Birmingham who knew the defendants that mr.Kang, or one of his associates may also have been selling class A drugs, but no evidence of such was stated in court. The criminal gang that attacked him believed it was worth their while raiding mr.Kang’s abode for drugs and money.

Joshua Campbell and Michael Cunningham, both 18, were jailed for a combined 16 years and six months after forcing Mr Kang’s flatmate Alexander Clarke to fetch the cannabis by holding a blade to his throat and stomach. In a victim impact statement, the victim’s sister, Sukhveer Kang, described her brother as “a loving, caring son, father and brother, and a diamond as a friend”.

“His life has been tragically cut short by these four cruel strangers. The pain we are going through will never end”

DEALING

The jury heard Mr Kang and his friend Alex Parke had been dealing cannabis from the flat Dudley Wines and More, where they both worked.

Mr Kang would take phone calls from people wanting to buy cannabis, before asking his flatmate to bring it down from a box in the loft. In a dramatic case that revealed details of the drug business conducted by the murdered man and his friend, mr. Parke told the court that two of the gang members threatened him with a knife, which they held to his waste, as he hung from the loft trying to get the requested.

Judge Jeremy Baker told Birmingham Crown Court: “This case represents yet another incident involving young men prepared to use knives to carry out crimes and in your cases, Ellis and Peake, with fatal consequences.” drugs.

CCTV images featured four men leave a Ford Focus after it parked up on nearby Spring Parklands at around 2.15am on January 6 last year. Mr Kang routinely took calls from cannabis customers, before asking his flatmate

The men were both in possession of weapons and wearing balaclavas, walked to the shop’s side door before kicking it off its hinges. Mr. Kang, who sensed his death coming told his friend to tell his family and friends he loved them. Detectives used CCTV, DNA, and mobile phone evidence to identify the gang.

Victim: Jaskaran Kang

Sentenced To 20 Years: James Peake Sentenced To 20 Years: Deontey Ellis

Sentenced For Conspiracy To Rob: Joshua Campbell

Sentenced For Conspiracy To Rob

FOOD

“I was scared for my life,” he told the jury after Cunningham and Campbell, wearing balaclavas and armed with 12in-bladed knives, burst into the room demanding “Where’s the food?”

He described the weapon that was thrust in his face as a “crazy-looking knife with jagged bits on the top, similar to a Zombie knife – it’s one you don’t want to see.” As he hurriedly fetched the drugs from the loft, he could hear his friend urging him from the hallway to hand over the cannabis, then pleading with his attackers: “Chill, chill, he’s getting it for you.”

The court was subjected to delay on more than one occasion, as the pair began fighting in the dock. Security officers were forced to intervene, and Ellis claimed he was being intimidated.Judge Jeremy Baker told Birmingham Crown Court: “This case represents yet another incident involving young men prepared to use knives to carry out crimes and in your cases, Ellis and Peake, with fatal consequences.” drugs.

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