Online identity: Osoteku is B. Diverse
Sofyen Belamouadden This is the church-going schoolgirl charged with murdering a 15-year-old boy stabbed to death in front of commuters at a busy station.
Victoria Osoteku, 18, appeared in court yesterday accused of being a member of a 13-strong gang behind the killing of Sofyen Belamouadden last week.
The other 12 charged with murder are all boys of 16 and 17 who cannot be named because of their age.
Victoria Osoteku, 18, appeared in court yesterday accused of being a member of a 13-strong gang behind the killing of Sofyen Belamouadden last week.
The other 12 charged with murder are all boys of 16 and 17 who cannot be named because of their age.
But Osoteku, who was pictured at a religious service two years ago, has no right to anonymity.
Yesterday her eyes were red with tears as she stood before magistrates in Croydon, South London.
Like her co-accused, who appeared at the Old Bailey a day earlier, she was remanded in custody while applications for bail are considered.
Osoteku, who is around 5ft 3ins, wore a tight green hooded jacket as she stood in the dock.
Yesterday her eyes were red with tears as she stood before magistrates in Croydon, South London.
Like her co-accused, who appeared at the Old Bailey a day earlier, she was remanded in custody while applications for bail are considered.
Osoteku, who is around 5ft 3ins, wore a tight green hooded jacket as she stood in the dock.
She looked across at a small group of weeping friends and relatives in the public gallery before being led to the cells.
The teenager, who lives in a flat in Deptford, South-East London, has revealed personal details on social networking websites, where she goes under the name B.Diverse.
Born in Britain of Nigerian descent, she describes herself as ‘a black inderpendent [sic] woman’ who ‘cares for all my brethren and family’.
Last night her mother, who also lives in South-East London, declined to comment.
Detectives are continuing to examine CCTV of the attack during rush-hour at Victoria Underground station, in Central London, last Thursday.
Sofyen, a pupil at the comprehensive Henry Compton School, in Fulham, South-West London, suffered nine stab wounds.
The worst was 5in deep, through his heart and into his spine.
Another pierced the top of his right shoulder and then his lung.
He had also been stabbed in his left leg, had a puncture wound to the top of his knee and a 3in cut to the back of his head.
The teenager, of Moroccan descent, lived with his mother in Acton, West London.
All of the accused are understood to attend school together, and are from South and South-East London.
The teenager, who lives in a flat in Deptford, South-East London, has revealed personal details on social networking websites, where she goes under the name B.Diverse.
Born in Britain of Nigerian descent, she describes herself as ‘a black inderpendent [sic] woman’ who ‘cares for all my brethren and family’.
Last night her mother, who also lives in South-East London, declined to comment.
Detectives are continuing to examine CCTV of the attack during rush-hour at Victoria Underground station, in Central London, last Thursday.
Sofyen, a pupil at the comprehensive Henry Compton School, in Fulham, South-West London, suffered nine stab wounds.
The worst was 5in deep, through his heart and into his spine.
Another pierced the top of his right shoulder and then his lung.
He had also been stabbed in his left leg, had a puncture wound to the top of his knee and a 3in cut to the back of his head.
The teenager, of Moroccan descent, lived with his mother in Acton, West London.
All of the accused are understood to attend school together, and are from South and South-East London.
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