Nigerian teeanage girl jailed for 12 years for murder

Nigerian-born teenage girl who organised the killing of a schoolboy at Victoria Station on Facebook and kicked him as he lay bleeding to death was jailed for 12 years today, Thurs., [April 26];

Victoria Osoteku had just turned 18 when she joined a 20-strong mob hunting down 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden in front of hundreds of horrified rush hour commuters.

After helping to set up the confrontation on the social networking site, Osoteku bought the £3.99 knife set from Argos which was used to stab Sofyen at least nine times. Osoteku was also seen kicking the victim as he was helpless on the ground with stab wounds to his heart and right lung.

Osoteku, now 20, had been found guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. She is the 13th person – and only female – to be sentenced for Sofyen’s ‘merciless’ killing in March 2010 which was the result of ‘simmering tensions’ between pupils at rival schools. Her conviction brings the total of sentences handed down to 124 years. Osoteku, of New Cross, south London, admitted being at the scene of the attack but denied taking part.

During her four-month trial, she claimed she ‘froze’ when she saw Sofyen being stabbed and ‘nudged’ him with her foot ‘to see if he was OK’. Three other Nigerian teenagers who were found guilty of Sofyen's have since been sentenced to life imprisonment.