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Ben Kinsella’s father being comforted by friends outside the Old BaileyBEN, A VICTIM OF KIDS WHO FEEL REJECTED‘If you don’t look after the youth it will come back on you‘ warningCOMMUNITY leaders have warned that murdered schoolboy Ben Kinsella and his convicted killers were let down by “a total lack” of youth opportunities in the area.One man and two teenagers – Michael Alleyne, 18, Juress Kika, 19, and Jade Braithwaite, 20 – were found guilty of the 16-year-old’s murder at the Old Bailey yesterday (Thursday).Both Braithwaite and Alleyne had been on probation for a drugs offence and a robbery while Kika had only been released on bail for a robbery offence five days before the murder.Concerns about the failure of the authorities to closely monitor the killers before the murder were expressed yesterday by a senior member of the union representing probation officers and by Islington South MP Emily Thornerry.Residents now fear repercussions against the family of one of the killers, Michae...

How Ben Kinsella's murder brought crime elders up against the young killersThe senseless murder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella provoked a vengeful reaction from the Adams family, the underworld gang that once ruled north London. Mark Townsend and Jamie Doward report on the clash between criminal cultures old and new * Buzz up! * Digg it * Mark Townsend * The Observer, Sunday 14 June 2009 * Article historyBen Kinsella court caseBen Kinsella. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PATerry Adams will spend today, like tomorrow and the next few years, languishing behind bars. Once Britain's most feared gangster, Adams's stock appears on face value to have fallen. Recently the man known as the British Godfather placed his £1.6m north London family home on the market in order to repay debts.Yet his brutal reputation remains as large as ever, particularly on the "turf" which his gang - the infamous Clerkenwell Crime Syndicate, also known as the A Team - has controll...

Ben Kinsella's murderers are living with death threats from one of Britain's most notorious criminal gangs, it emerged today.The Adams family, who 'run' the north London neighbourhood where the schoolboy lived, is said to have put a bounty on the heads of the feral youths who stabbed him to death in a frenzied attack. More recent... * Family of murdered Ben Kinsella call for tougher sentences for knife killersToday, as Michael Alleyne, 18, Juress Kika, 19, and Jade Braithwaite, 20, were jailed for life, the Old Bailey heard that they would be 'marked men' in prison.The Adams family are involved in violent racketeering and drug trafficking and have been linked to 25 murders.They have no links to the Kinsella family, but its mob leaders were said to be so horrified by the senseless killing of the 16-year-old in their patch that they put up the reward.Prosecutor Nicholas Hilliard QC told the court: 'A family known as the Adams family made it known that they ...

The killers of Ben Kinsella were gangster wannabes * * By Ryan Parry 12/06/2009 (L-R) Alleyne, Braithwaite and Kika (Pic:Met Police) (L-R) Alleyne, Braithwaite and Kika (Pic:Met Police) As members of the Market Massiv' gang, Michael Alleyne, Jade Braithwaite and Juress Kika demanded respect and loyalty. They fancied themselves as gangsters but in reality they were drugdealing cowards, armed with guns and knives, who needed ferocious Staffordshire bull terriers for protection. After gang leader Alleyne, his deputy Braithwaite and the lowly Kika were convicted of Ben Kinsella's murder, a source close to the group - too scared to reveal his identity - broke ranks to speak to the Mirror. He said: "They thought they were real bad boys walking round with their Staffs and a knife in their pocket. Mikey (Alleyne) had two Staffs and thought he was untouchable. This was his manor, no one could come down here and f*** with it. "They worked in twos for protection and they...

Ben Kinsella killers' street slang: translated Much of the street slang used by the defendants, and also used by many gang members across Britain, is derived from the lyrics of American rap music. Below are translated examples of the vocabulary used by the killers of Ben Kinsella captured in covert police recordings. Blood : brother, usually from the same gang or area Boyden or Feds : police Related Links They laughed and joked over lack of evidence Kinsella: extracts from police recordings Kinsella killers caught out by police bugging Ghost : to leave area or hide something, similar to “outta here” Shivved and bagged : arrested For real : approval of what has just been stated Endz or hood : a neighbourhood, the streets Crib : home Bless : approval of something good, or goodbye. You feel me? : Do you understand Buggin’ : to freak out, panic Mandem : men, often fr...

BEN KINSELLA TRIAL: three found guilty of killing brother of EastEnders starnlnews@archant.co.uk11 June 2009EASTENDERS star Brooke Kinsella wept as three thugs were today (Thursday) convicted of murdering her 16-year-old brother in a senseless knife attack that came to symbolise broken Britain.Jade Braithwaite, 20, Juress Kika, 19, and Michael Alleyne, 18, stabbed blameless Ben to death on a night out in north London.Ben was chased down the street, cornered by a van and knifed 11 times in five seconds as he pleaded: 'I've not done anything wrong.'The killing sparked a national outcry and led to a series of marches protesting against the knife crime blighting British cities.Ben had written to Gordon Brown weeks before his murder urging the Prime Minister to put an end to the cycle violence.Following his death Brooke Kinsella, who played Kelly Taylor in the TV soap, launched a campaign begging youths to lay down their weapons.Brooke, who is making a documentary about the case...

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