By Eric King-
Teenage drug dealer, Jaden Majdouline has been sentenced to life imprisonment and will serve a minimum of 21 years behind bars for the murder of Majdouline, 19, of Wembley, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to life with a minimum term of 21 years with an extra 18 months to run concurrently for the murder of Jaden Moodie . Moodie was knocked off a moped and repeatedly stabbed by rival gang member Ayoub Majdouline in Bickley Road, Leyton, in January.
Majdouline’s DNA was found on the murder weapon, was found guilty of the murder on 11 December. The killing was caught on graphic CCTV footage, which was shown in the Old Bailey trial of Ayoub Majdouline, 19.
The teenage drug dealer was one of five Mali Boy gang members who set out in a stolen Mercedes into rival Beaumont Crew territory in what became a “killing mission”. Majdouline was identified as a “modern slavery” victim, had admitted drug dealing for the Mali Boys but denied being involved in Jaden’s murder. However, jurors heard his DNA was found on a bloody yellow rubber glove and knife discarded after the killing. Jurors heard his DNA was found on a bloody yellow rubber glove and knife discarded after the killing.
Sentencing him on Wednesday, Judge Richard Marks QC said Jaden had been associated by the rival Beaumont Crew gang, but “he did not deserve to die”.
He said: “I cannot ignore the evidence about his drug and other criminal-related history.
“That he became so involved starting at the age of 13 is truly shocking but none of that means he deserved to die, still less in the circumstances in which he did.”
On Majdouline’s troubled background, he said: “Your life has, through no fault of your own, been blighted by huge personal difficulty from a young age.” Earlier, in a victim impact statement, Jaden’s mother Jada Bailey described her son’s murder as “barbaric”.
She said he was a “remarkable human being” who had been moved to hand out gloves to the homeless in the winter when he lived in Nottingham.
She said: “I feel like it’s a dream and I will wake up and he will be here with us.”
Ms Bailey said she felt “let down” by organisations she had turned to for help, adding: “I feel like all this could have been avoided.
“No parent should have to bury their child before themselves.”
MITIGATING
James Scobie QC, mitigating for Majdouline, said: “This is a case that is, to say the least, without any winners. To have a young boy killed for no apparent reason really.
“We do not know actually how it was, why it was that particular moped was targeted.”
The killing was caught on graphic CCTV footage, which was shown in the Old Bailey trial of Ayoub Majdouline, 19.
The teenage drug dealer was one of five Mali Boy gang members who had set out in a stolen Mercedes into rival Beaumont Crew territory in what became a “killing mission”.
MODERN SLAVERY
Majdouline had been identified as a “modern slavery” victim, had admitted drug dealing for the Mali Boys but denied being involved in Jaden’s murder. However, jurors heard his DNA was found on a bloody yellow rubber glove and knife discarded after the killing.
Murder Victim: Jaden Moodie
Judge Marks said Jaden had been associated by the rival Beaumont Crew gang, but “he did not deserve to die”.
He said: “I cannot ignore the evidence about his drug and other criminal-related history.
“That he became so involved starting at the age of 13 is truly shocking but none of that means he deserved to die, still less in the circumstances in which he did.”
On Majdouline’s troubled background, he said: “Your life has, through no fault of your own, been blighted by huge personal difficulty from a young age.”
Earlier, in a victim impact statement, Jaden’s mother Jada Bailey described her son’s murder as “barbaric”.Ms Bailey said her son was a “loving and caring, family-orientated little boy” who was “fascinated” by cars and motorbikes and had ambitions to launch a clothing line called Young Productions.
She said he was a “remarkable human being” who had been moved to hand out gloves to the homeless in the winter when he lived in Nottingham.
She said: “I feel like it’s a dream and I will wake up and he will be here with us.”
Ms Bailey said she felt “let down” by organisations she had turned to for help, adding: “I feel like all this could have been avoided.
“No parent should have to bury their child before themselves.”
James Scobie QC, mitigating for Majdouline, said: “This is a case that is, to say the least, without any winners. To have a young boy killed for no apparent reason really.
“We do not know actually how it was, why it was that particular moped was targeted.”
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