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JUST SOME OF THE CRIMINALS NOW BEHIND BARS FOR KNIFE-RELATED ATTACKS
THE number of knife-related incidents reported in west London has surged over the past 12 months, with more than 30 people dying in fatal stabbings in the capital as a whole so far this year.
Statistics released by Metropolitan Police have revealed an alarming 23% rise in knife crime reported since this time last year, with getwestlondon reporting on 12 stabbings last month alone.
Police commissioner Cressida Dick and the Mayor of London have both pledged to tackle crime in the capital that led to 22 murder investigations being launched in March.
On Wednesday April 11, the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee requested Sadiq Khan appear at an “urgent meeting” as the capital’s overall murder rate rose above 50.
GetWestLondon takes a look at the people sentenced so far this year for knife-related crimes in west London.
A man involved in an altercation which saw a friend killed was sentenced to 20 months for affray and possession of an offensive weapon on January 2.
Walter Veiga-Rosa, 22, was friends with 21-year-old Joseph Olopo who was fatally stabbed in Heathfield Gardens, Golders Green, on February 17 last year.
Veiga-Rosa’s sentencing follows that of Jason De Sousa, who in August 2017 was found not guilty of Mr Olopo’s murder, but guilty of manslaughter .
Veiga-Rosa, 22, of no fixed abode, admitted to affray and possession of an offensive weapon.
The court had heard Veiga-Rosa shared the same girlfriend with De Sousa and that there was a history of bad blood between the pair.
During the fight in February last year, Veiga-Rosa swung his blade at De Sousa before Olopo was stabbed in the side of the neck by De Sousa.
A woman from Kingston was jailed for manslaughter after a man was stabbed to death.
Shauna Doyle was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment after the death of Derick Mulondo.
Eric Wertz was jailed for three years and four months for attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.
The pair were arrested on the day Mr Mulondo was stabbed to death in Kingston.
They were originally charged with murder, two days after Mr Mulondo’s death, but the court later accepted their pleas of manslaughter and attempted grievous bodily harm with intent.
The pair were sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on January 5.
A man was jailed for life in January after carrying out a “frenzied attack” on a victim who was stabbed multiple times as he sat in a car with his partner in Yeading .
During a trial, the court heard the 37-year-old victim was at home on April 13 last year when he received a call from a man calling himself “Dave” who said he wanted to buy drugs.
The victim, who admitted he had been dealing drugs at the time, met Dave the following day and was stabbed multiple times with “sheer ferocity and absolute barbarity”, police said.
Thames Valley Police assisted in identifying “Dave”, a man named Sean Hatter, from CCTV images. It is believed Hatter may have been sent to attack the victim by rival drug dealers operating in the Uxbridge area, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. A man found guilty of murder in a Brent barbershop was sentenced to 22 years in prison in January.
Crispin Siddon, 34, was fatally stabbed after a fight broke out in a barbershop on May 5 last year.
Anthony Allen, 34, of Tillet Close, Brent, was found guilty of Siddon’s murder and jailed at the Old Bailey on January 19.
Allen was found to have “casually” carried a knife out with him on May before he went to Cutz Barbers Shop in Craven Park Road, Harlesden where Mr Siddon was subsequently killed.
A murder investigation established the victim, Mr Siddon, entered the barbershop and a violent fight broke out between him and Allen, who was already inside the shop.
Mr Siddon suffered several stab