Start with Jimmy Reyes in the morning and guess the daily "Jumble Jam", listen until Art Laboe comes on at night playing all of your favorite Oldies and dedications. Sofyen was confronted by a group with a sword at Victoria station before being chased into the Tube station where he was stabbed nine times, including to the lung and chest. Promising footballer Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at London's Victoria station A teenage gang who hacked a boy of 15 to death in. Samson Odegbune held the 12in sword above his head as he, Christopher Omoregie and Obi Nwokeh led the chase of the victim in the ticket hall during the early-evening rush hour. Sofyen died after being chased by about 20 pupils across the Terminus Way concourse and into the London Underground station. Fulham schoolboy Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times in the ticket hall of the station after being surrounded by youths. Obi Nwokeh, 18, of Bermondsey, south-east London, and a 17-year-old were convicted of murder by unanimous jury verdicts. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. and He was caught at the top of the stairs and attacked before he fell down the flight of stairs into the ticket hall. Most of the restaurants used authentic railway cars for dining areas, often boxcars or cabooses.[7]. The jury were told Sofyen Belamouadden, aged 15, was "hunted down" punched, kicked and stabbed by up to 20 youths in the ticket hall of the Underground station. Seven other youths have been bailed by police. So brazen and confident were his killers, we suggest, they openly carried the various weapons they used with them as they ran towards him and hunted him down. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to The court heard that she bought a set of knives from Argos with a 17-year-old youth at lunchtime and gave them to the gang ahead of the clash between two west London schools. Five teenagers have been convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy at Victoria station in central London. Defunct US based chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. On Wednesday, the jury could not decide on a murder verdict against Bayode after 17 hours of deliberation and he may now face a retrial on that charge. Sofyen was rushed to St Thomas's hospital, but could not be saved and he was pronounced dead at 6.15pm. The theme of the restaurant was loosely based on London's Victoria Station. Bayode, who was convicted on Wednesday after a jury deliberated for 17 hours, had denied his role in the killing, claiming that he had tried to prevent his friends getting out of control. Victoria Osoteku, 20, of Deptford, south London, was. Police officers stopped the bus and found a selection of knives as well as blade-sharpening steels which were covered in the victim's blood. Sofyen Belamouadden, from Acton, west London, was chased and stabbed in the ticket. Tube drivers will stage first of three 24-hour strikes over a "breakdown in industrial relations". These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. They planned the attack on social media the night before, the court was told, sending messages to each other on Facebook and via BlackBerry Messenger. He had bragged on Facebook the previous night: "I will bring my samurai". On 20 April they were ordered to life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years, and eight years to run concurrently for conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. Victoria Osoteku gloated about the attack, (Clockwise from left) Adonis Akra, Enoch Amoah, Obi Nwokeh, Samsom Odegbune, Samuel Roberts, Tyrone Richards, Christopher Omoregie and Femi Oderinwale were sentenced on 20 April. Jurors heard the night before the death one of the 17-year-olds, who was just 16 at the time, took to Facebook to recruit troops and weapons. A post-mortem examination found 20 separate marks of injury on his body, including 11 incised or cutting wounds of which nine were individual stabs. Antique English railway artifacts were used as decor inside, and the exteriors were composed of . Osoteku was behind a youth who led the charge with a Samurai sword. Junior Bayode, now 19, was found guilty at the central criminal court of the manslaughter of Sofyen Belamouadden and of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. 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Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, of Acton was killed by the youths from a rival school at Victoria station in 2010. The Victoria Station chain flourished in the 1970s, according to a memoir by former Victoria Station corporate marketing manager Tom Blake. The four-year-old boy who has become the centre of a controversy between India and Pakistan - and between his father and mother. Four youths, were sentenced on 14 October last year to two years' detention after admitting violent disorder. A 17-year-old and 19-year-old have been convicted of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. The rival west London group, including Sofyen, has pulled in to Victoria two minutes earlier on a 148 bus. The murder in March 2010 was sparked by 'simmering tensions' between pupils at the sixth-form college in Ladbroke Grove and Henry Compton school in Fulham, who each regarded Victoria station as 'home territory'. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, died from multiple stab wounds after being chased by a 20-strong mob through Victoria station in London in March 2010. Sofyen Belamouadden from Acton, west London was stabbed at London's Victoria station (Picture: PA) A school rivalry which escalated into a 15-year-old's killing was labelled the 'first. What's he waiting for? Read about our approach to external linking. Bayode who denied the charges was the 20th defendant to be tried and the 17th to be convicted for his part in the killing. [16] In 2002, Daiei sold Wenco Japan, which included the Victoria Station franchised restaurants, to Zensho for 4.60 billion yen. appalling rush-hour attack at Victoria Station, Central London, last . He was an outstanding all-round player. They were hopelessly outnumbered. The "ferocious and merciless" attack was the end of a minor confrontation between pupils from two west London schools the day before in the fast food area of Victoria mainline station. Promising footballer Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Londons Victoria station. Two teenagers have been found guilty of his murder in March 2010. The court also heard the gang used batons, swords and iron bars to kill Sofyen with indescribable aggression in front of rush hour commuters. Roberts, 17, booted the victim's head three times as if he 'were kicking a rugby football'. Bayode denied murder and claimed he had tried to stop the group getting out of control. They are Lewis Sinclair, 18 of Claribel Road, Stockwell; Olewale Olaribigbe, 18 of Portland Grove, Vauxhall; Selassie Ahiaku of Marcella Road, Stockwell and Melvin Mensah of Vauxhall Street, Kennington. \r\rThe series of linked trials involving 20 defendants has been the biggest-ever joint prosecution of a gang over a killing.\r\rThe Appeal Court's decision that Junior Bayode, who was found guilty of manslaughter, will not face a retrial for murder marks the end of a prosecution that revealed how tensions between youths could spiral out of control in the heart of the capital. He told his friends there was a 'beef' with other youths in west London and someone could get 'slumped' (stabbed). Her home was searched, but she told officers she had suffered an accident and wet herself and had been forced to throw out her trainers because they were sodden. A number of other youths are due to face separate trials over the killing. Tuesday's devastating attacks in Brussels show IS's European network is still at large, despite a year of intensive efforts by security forces to close it down. At the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, the chain had 100 locations in the United States. She is the fourth person convicted of manslaughter. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. Sofyen's mother Naina Ghailan reacted angrily to the sentence. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire, Victoria station killing: commuters shocked by knives, bars and batons, TheVictoria station killing verdict and the perils of applying joint enterprise, Victoria station killing: man convicted over Sofyen Belamouadden death. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. She said she did not kick the victim and sobbed: "I nudged him with my foot to see if he was OK.". Osoteku was arrested at college on March 30, having already lied to her foster mother by claiming she had not been at the murder scene. Sofyen Belamouadden, 15, of Acton, west London, was killed after being chased by a crowd of youths from the concourse and into the Tube ticket hall. He may face a retrial on that charge. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA Sandra. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. The sword-brandishing youth led a running charge at their rivals. Sofyen Belamouadden was punched, kicked and stabbed in a murder planned on Facebook following a feud between his school and a sixth-form college. One member of the gang, Samuel Roberts, told the court that he joined in the violence on 25 March - captured on CCTV - simply because "everyone else was doing it". 1981 newspaper ad for the Seattle Victoria Station location, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Station_(restaurant)&oldid=1142147452, Regional restaurant chains in the United States, Defunct restaurant chains in the United States, Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1986, Articles needing additional references from December 2020, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from October 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Robert Freeman, Peter Lee, and Richard Bradley, Independently owned franchised restaurants in U.S.; Daiei and later Zensho in Japan, Lowell Farkas, President, CEO and Director (19871992), Columbia, MO (was at 402 E Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201, Building now Shiloh Bar & Grill), Orange Village, Ohio (located on Orange Place near Interstate 271; now demolished - another structure now occupies the site), Tokyo, Japan (still running under the name, Kobe, Japan (named "Central Station" which was Victoria Station's chain, now closed), Sapporo, Japan- complete with Big Boy statues, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 19:39. The last remaining restaurant in the former chain was located in Salem, Massachusetts until it abruptly closed in December 2017. A 15-year-old schoolboy was killed in a "merciless" knife attack, planned on Facebook, during rush hour at London's Victoria station, the Old Bailey heard. It was put to the court that Osoteku helped buy the 3.99 knife-set from Argos in Shepherds Bush during a lunchbreak as she was old enough to pay for the age restricted items. Judge Moss added: "You were seen to deliver the final kick to Sofyen as you were the last of the group to run away.". At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Mark Heywood QC, prosecuting, said: "She was one of those who set up and organised the confrontation that led to the death. Five teenagers have been convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy at Victoria station in central London. Hard Cover $25.65 Kindle Edition $9.99 The following locations in the U.S. are known to have at one time housed a Victoria Station restaurant: In 1979, Daiei and Wendy's International formed a joint company called Wenco Japan Inc. that operated Victoria Station franchise steak houses and Wendy's fast-food restaurants in Japan. [9] Eight months later, it was reported in January 1987 that the company had a restructuring plan in place that would require it to sell a number of restaurants. Enoch Amoah, 18, of Camberwell, was cleared of both charges but convicted of violent disorder. Judge Christopher Moss said Osoteku must share part of the responsibility for the death because she assisted in buying a set of knives during her lunch hour. Six of the teenagers now on trial were arrested at the scene. She has been remanded in custody to be sentenced at a later date with others convicted of the killing. The prosecution, which stretched over nearly two years and involved five criminal trials, has resulted in juries convicting fewer than half of the 20 originally charged with murder over the killing of Sofyen. Police stopped the attackers, who had fled on a bus, and found one of the knives used to stab the teenager in Omoregie's bag. Victoria Osoteku, 20, of Deptford, south London, was found guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey. Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail They had turned up on two 52 buses around 5.14pm. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. [5] Another source incorrectly claimed an April 1969 opening date. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The attack had been planned the night before on Facebook and via Blackberry messaging systems. He said in an impact statement that Sofyen's death had left his family devastated. 2023 BBC. Three have been cleared of all charges and four others are still to be tried. The catalyst for the attack was a fight over a girl a day earlier in the station, which left one youth with a bloody nose. [5], By the end of 1978, Victoria Station had 97 restaurants, all company owned. Prime rib was the featured item on a limited menu that included steaks, barbecued beef ribs, and shrimp done in a variation of scampi style known as "Shrimp Victoria". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please and Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Victoria Station Names A New Chief Executive", "Financial Failure In the Hospitality Industry", "Victoria Station is still working on its restructuring", "Victoria Station Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization", "Victoria Station unveiled a reorganization plan". She also helped with buying the knives that were used in the attack. Adonis Akra, 18, Samuel Roberts, 19, and Femi Oderinwale, 18, were found guilty of manslaughter during earlier hearings. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Three were cleared of all charges. A man has been convicted of the manslaughter of a schoolboy who was fatally stabbed in a gang attack during rush hour at London's Victoria station. Read about our approach to external linking. Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Victoria station in central London in March 2010.. Obi Nwokeh, 19, Christopher Omoregrie, 18, and Samson Odegbune, 18, were given life sentences at the Old Bailey and told they must serve a . [6], There was a similar chain called "Twickenham Station" in Alabama and Florida during the same time span. "I have no wish to inflict revenge on the culprits but Sofyen, whose life was tragically cut short, would expect justice to take its course. The U.S. operations of the Victoria Station chain began running into financial difficulties in the mid-1980s, causing gradual shutdowns of the franchise restaurants. Four youths were earlier sentenced to two years' detention after pleading guilty to violent disorder. So brazen and confident were his killers that they openly carried the various weapons that they used with them as they ran towards him and together hunted him down. The jury were told Sofyen Belamouadden, aged 15, was hunted down punched, kicked and stabbed by up to 20 youths in the ticket hall of the Underground station. Other youths were armed with a flick knife and a Swiss army knife, machetes and screwdrivers. All 20 teenagers arrested in the aftermath of the killing were charged with murder on the basis of joint enterprise including those not present at the moment the victim was killed. Victoria Osoteku arriving at the Old Bailey on Monday. 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