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Stefan's killer gloats over early release

7:00am Wednesday 24th October 2007

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A teen gang member released from jail just two years after killing another youth in Croydon has described himself "a money makin' machine soon 2 be bak on road".

In a series of remorseless rants on his social networking website, the young thug - who was part of a gang who killed Stefan Persaud - talks about his joy at being released from prison early.

It is thought the website was set up during the teen's stay in jail but Prison Service bosses have insisted it must have been done by a friend or family member on the outside.

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was caged last year after being convicted of the manslaughter of 16-year-old Stefan.

Three other youths, including cousins David and Sean Ramsey and a third, Tyrone Bailey, were jailed for 15 years for murder.

Stefan was battered to death with bricks and hammers by the four youths, who were members of a gang called Til Death'.

They chased Stefan into a front garden in South Norwood while chanting their "battle cry".

Stefan, who was due to do his GCSEs at Stanley Technical College, was then knocked to the ground and had paving slabs dropped on his head as he lay unconscious.

He was taken to hospital and kept alive for more than two weeks before dying from severe head injuries and more than 30 separate wounds.

But there is clearly no remorse from this teenager, who was released at the end of September.

On his profile, which was created after he was remanded to prison in October 2005, he writes: "Im a money makin machine soon 2 be bak on road but in jail now 3 me and ma niggas."

He also writes on his profile that he is happiest when he is making money and his home town is "South Norwood Arena Slums".

This was not the first time time Stefan's killers had posted sick messages relating to the case.

Shortly after his death they later claimed on an internet site dedicated to Stefan's memory their victim "deserved it" and needed to be taught a lesson.

One message read: "Poetz (Stefan's nickname) only had himself to blame because he's a di*khead.'"

The killers were notorious for terrorising the South Norwood area, targeting schoolboys for their jewellery and mobile phones.

Several were banned from hanging around the gates of Edenham Secondary School in Shirley, Croydon, after the headmaster heard they were intimidating pupils.

A spokesman for the Prison Service said: "Prisoners are not allowed any internet access at all apart from online learning courses.

"It is almost impossible that he has done this himself but it is common for these sorts of pages to be updated on behalf of the prisoners by friends and family."


Your Say YourCroydon Guardian

Bob Peel, Croydon says...
7:54am Wed 24 Oct 07

"Im a money makin machine soon 2 be bak on road but in jail now 3 me and ma niggas."

Utter Tosser!

Mike, says...
8:09am Wed 24 Oct 07

Let's hope this pillock is forced off the street's so that the good people of South Norwood have one less low life to worry them.Let's hope the local Police can be all over him like a rash.

chris, says...
8:21am Wed 24 Oct 07

lets hope he gets what he deserves!!!!!!!!!!
what a waste of space!!!

Sean, Croydon says...
9:43am Wed 24 Oct 07

nothing will give people more pleasure than hearing this POS has met a nasty end at the hands of someone just like himself.

P, says...
9:49am Wed 24 Oct 07

They are letting this guy out early when does it sound as though he has learnt anything from his time in jail?! This country is pathetic. People are supposed to be SCARED of jail, not spend their time in there as though its a social club. Then maybe these people will re think before they commit a crime.

Lisa, Croydon says...
10:13am Wed 24 Oct 07

Sorry but I truly hope he meets the same death his victim did and anytime soon would be a blessing!
What kind of scum did his parents breed?

southgirl, South Norwood says...
10:43am Wed 24 Oct 07

They should have left him in there to rot!!! But we all know prison is a fun little ride for these waste of time loosers so i didnt expect to hear much less coming from an scumbag like this. I wish someone would throw a concrete slab on his face as we defiently dont need a f***ing pri*k like this on the streets. F**k it all of this stupid pathetic "till death" should get brutally terrorised as nothing else seems to phase them. Maybe death is the only answer for them. I just feel sorry for the parents of all these families who have lost their children to scum like this. Its becoming a nightmare on the streets today.

abby, Wimbledon says...
10:53am Wed 24 Oct 07

I hope he gets shot, the little Sh*t. What a horrible person. I hate this country so much as its full of little people like this who go round killing eachohther and intimidating people.

justin, croydon says...
1:30pm Wed 24 Oct 07

Dont worry people im sure the feds will on his case, or he will get shanked by others like him, he wont be out for long, scum like him cant help there selves.

P, says...
1:49pm Wed 24 Oct 07

These kids should be sent to prisons in Columbia or South Africa and see how long they last thinking they are "bad". It will be a rude awakening for them!!

Jennie, streatham says...
1:55pm Wed 24 Oct 07

'he is happiest when he is making money'

So.....call me naive, but wouldn't actually bothering to get a job be a pretty sure-fire way of making money?

Oh no, of course not, because then, you don't get to run around the streets of South Norwood with your little friends, destroying innocent lives, wasting your own, and swaggering around with delusions of grandeur. Even though you are a CHILD, whose greatest achievement in life is ending up in jail at the age of 17.

Silly me.

What a hateful, wasteful, horror of a human being.

geshy, watford says...
1:56pm Wed 24 Oct 07

I'm not surprised he is gloating, Labour and the judiciary have let him know that Murder is no longer a serious offence.



ME INIT, ARENA says...
2:15pm Wed 24 Oct 07

bold LISEN..U LOT DONT KNO **** DHAS HOW I KNO U ALL SIT DWN ND READ ABOUHT PEOPLES LIFE SO U CAN GHET SUM ACTION ND MAYBE CREAT WUN OF UR OWN **** DUH MEDIA U DONT KNO WTA DUH **** UR TLKIN ABOUHT.. HOW U FGONA PUT SUMFIN UP DHAT ES SUPPOSE TO HAV DUN WEN E WAS IN PRISON? BECHA E CNT WAIT TO BE BAK ON ROAD.. DO U FINK E WANTS TO SPEND HIS LIFE IN PRISON. U LOT R SO **** ABSORBED WIV UR PERFEKT LIVES U DONT UNDERSTAND WA ITS LIKE TO BE ON DUH ROADS DESE DHEYS. UR ALL GRUMPY OLD DICKHEDS LOOKIN DWN UR NOSES AT PPL LIKE HIM. ES A GUD PERSON DHAT GHOT CAUGHT IN DUH RONG SITUATION. TIL DEATH IS NOT A GANG! IT IS A FRIENDSHIP UNTIL DEATH. U LOT DONT UNDERSTAND DHAT..AS FOR DUH MEDIA.. STOP MAYKIN FINGS WURS DAN DHEY ARE CAH WEN SUMWUN ELSE GHETS KILLD ITS BLOOOD ON U OTS HANDS FOR PROVOKIN IT. U ****. EVRYWUN DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE ND YU PEOPLE CNT PLAY DUH POSITION OF GOD ND DECIDE HOW OR HU SHUD DIE. SHUT DUH **** UP ND GHET A LIFE. TILL DEATH U BASTARDS

Dave, London says...
2:31pm Wed 24 Oct 07

ME INIT wrote:
bold LISEN..U LOT DONT KNO **** DHAS HOW I KNO U ALL SIT DWN ND READ ABOUHT PEOPLES LIFE SO U CAN GHET SUM ACTION ND MAYBE CREAT WUN OF UR OWN **** DUH MEDIA U DONT KNO WTA DUH **** UR TLKIN ABOUHT.. HOW U FGONA PUT SUMFIN UP DHAT ES SUPPOSE TO HAV DUN WEN E WAS IN PRISON? BECHA E CNT WAIT TO BE BAK ON ROAD.. DO U FINK E WANTS TO SPEND HIS LIFE IN PRISON. U LOT R SO **** ABSORBED WIV UR PERFEKT LIVES U DONT UNDERSTAND WA ITS LIKE TO BE ON DUH ROADS DESE DHEYS. UR ALL GRUMPY OLD DICKHEDS LOOKIN DWN UR NOSES AT PPL LIKE HIM. ES A GUD PERSON DHAT GHOT CAUGHT IN DUH RONG SITUATION. TIL DEATH IS NOT A GANG! IT IS A FRIENDSHIP UNTIL DEATH. U LOT DONT UNDERSTAND DHAT..AS FOR DUH MEDIA.. STOP MAYKIN FINGS WURS DAN DHEY ARE CAH WEN SUMWUN ELSE GHETS KILLD ITS BLOOOD ON U OTS HANDS FOR PROVOKIN IT. U ****. EVRYWUN DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE ND YU PEOPLE CNT PLAY DUH POSITION OF GOD ND DECIDE HOW OR HU SHUD DIE. SHUT DUH **** UP ND GHET A LIFE. TILL DEATH U BASTARDS
"LISEN..U.......U BASTARDS"

Funny!

no... I'm laughing AT you, not with you

Nick Watts, london says...
2:35pm Wed 24 Oct 07

RE: ME INIT

Do you want to want write that in english pr*ck


Me Init Hater, Everywhere says...
3:20pm Wed 24 Oct 07

There will come a trime when the sheeple that have becomes Englands populace will finally have enough of you and your ilk. 30 years ago you would have ended up in a ditch, now you think that you are tough, and a gangster, little friend you have no idea what a gangster is, its a shame that the old school have allowed floatsam like you to flourish. Your only strength is in a gang when steaming, on you own you are nothing but pondscum, and a coward who would scream like a girl if dealt with properly, and one day your time will come too. I sit and hope your little friend gets his soon, and I hope its slow and nasty.

Angry Brit, London says...
4:33pm Wed 24 Oct 07

RE: me init

First of all, can you write your comments in half-decent English, so we could have some chance of knowing what your saying.

So I assume this animal is one of your friends or family member, or possibly your pet.

You claim that 'U DONT UNDERSTAND WA ITS LIKE TO BE ON DUH ROADS DESE DHEYS'.

Er, are you a lollipop man who can't stand the weather? If not, what are you doing on the road then?

Also, you claim that ''EVRYWUN DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE ND YU PEOPLE CNT PLAY DUH POSITION OF GOD ND DECIDE HOW OR HU SHUD DIE''.

So 'evrywun' means all of us, OK. How would you like someone to kill your mum or dad, or your little bro or sis, and boast about it and get released early, would you like it if he got a 'second chance'. Surely you would want a proper punishment for that person.

It's daft people like you as well as yobs who couldn't care less about what they did, but then again, you're probably a yob yourself.

clara, south norwood says...
6:45pm Wed 24 Oct 07

first of all i would like to say that by the sounds of it all the people that have commented on this situation do not actually know the person in question and was not aware of the inncident as a whole. now i would like to say that previous to the death of that boy, this 'gang' as you would like to call it, though it really is not that, were attacked numerous amount of times and nothing was done about this! i'm not just talking about a couple of bruises neither if that's what you think! one member in particular has been stabbed 24 times in total now, one kidnapped by the rival 'gang', nothing was done about this, i ask you if this is justice! and i think we all know that this is not!
i'm not saying that how this boy died was right and no body deserves to die like that, but first of all what everybody fails to realise is that the people that caused this boy to die are not even in jail, didn't even get remanded!
these boys are not bad horrible sick killers, they are all decent human beings, and there is still alot more of the trial of this death that alot of readers will never know. like previous to the boy dieing there was another big fight where 'till death' were extreamly outnumbered and had weapons being used on them including one of the boys being seriously stabbed and the friends thinking that he was near to death. 'till death' on the night of the incident did not leave their homes with any weapons, the weapons that were used in the death of the boy were brought by the boy's associates. but i would like to state that no body knows what happened that night except the people that were involved, and that the people that have truely lost out on their lives are the people that are in prison now for being in there for other people's actions.
first of all i would like to say that by the sounds of it all the people that have commented on this situation do not actually know the person in question and was not aware of the inncident as a whole. now i would like to say that previous to the death of that boy, this 'gang' as you would like to call it, though it really is not that, were attacked numerous amount of times and nothing was done about this! i'm not just talking about a couple of bruises neither if that's what you think! one member in particular has been stabbed 24 times in total now, one kidnapped by the rival 'gang', nothing was done about this, i ask you if this is justice! and i think we all know that this is not!
i'm not saying that how this boy died was right and no body deserves to die like that, but first of all what everybody fails to realise is that the people that caused this boy to die are not even in jail, didn't even get remanded!
these boys are not bad horrible sick killers, they are all decent human beings, and there is still alot more of the trial of this death that alot of readers will never know. like previous to the boy dieing there was another big fight where 'till death' were extreamly outnumbered and had weapons being used on them including one of the boys being seriously stabbed and the friends thinking that he was near to death. 'till death' on the night of the incident did not leave their homes with any weapons, the weapons that were used in the death of the boy were brought by the boy's associates. but i would like to state that no body knows what happened that night except the people that were involved, and that the people that have truely lost out on their lives are the people that are in prison now for being in there for other people's actions.

melissa trim, essex says...
8:02pm Wed 24 Oct 07

clara from south norwood your evidence is of extraordinary value and i am a member of the nato world overseers of gang violence. The evidence coule release those who were innocently protecting themselves early from prison. However it will not release those who acted in any premeditated way.I hope parents of those involved will understand this if thier child acted in any inhumane way with malice or revenge on either side. Those weapons must be kept for DNA analysis.
Your a brave young woman.

CC, Southern California, USA says...
8:21pm Wed 24 Oct 07

So sad to see this type of thing is happening literally all over the world. I live two miles from one of the largest fires to hit southern california ever and over the past three days, have watched people come together to help one another. At this minute, nearly 500,000 people don't have a home to go to. You want to talk about the struggle of having to learn to live on the "streets"? I wonder... will those people turn to murder in times of trouble? It's all about character, and obviously these kids have none. But trust me, their day will come... if not in this life, the next.

lol, Compton says...
9:14pm Wed 24 Oct 07

ME INIT wrote:
bold LISEN..U LOT DONT KNO **** DHAS HOW I KNO U ALL SIT DWN ND READ ABOUHT PEOPLES LIFE SO U CAN GHET SUM ACTION ND MAYBE CREAT WUN OF UR OWN **** DUH MEDIA U DONT KNO WTA DUH **** UR TLKIN ABOUHT.. HOW U FGONA PUT SUMFIN UP DHAT ES SUPPOSE TO HAV DUN WEN E WAS IN PRISON? BECHA E CNT WAIT TO BE BAK ON ROAD.. DO U FINK E WANTS TO SPEND HIS LIFE IN PRISON. U LOT R SO **** ABSORBED WIV UR PERFEKT LIVES U DONT UNDERSTAND WA ITS LIKE TO BE ON DUH ROADS DESE DHEYS. UR ALL GRUMPY OLD DICKHEDS LOOKIN DWN UR NOSES AT PPL LIKE HIM. ES A GUD PERSON DHAT GHOT CAUGHT IN DUH RONG SITUATION. TIL DEATH IS NOT A GANG! IT IS A FRIENDSHIP UNTIL DEATH. U LOT DONT UNDERSTAND DHAT..AS FOR DUH MEDIA.. STOP MAYKIN FINGS WURS DAN DHEY ARE CAH WEN SUMWUN ELSE GHETS KILLD ITS BLOOOD ON U OTS HANDS FOR PROVOKIN IT. U ****. EVRYWUN DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE ND YU PEOPLE CNT PLAY DUH POSITION OF GOD ND DECIDE HOW OR HU SHUD DIE. SHUT DUH **** UP ND GHET A LIFE. TILL DEATH U BASTARDS
how about stfu and gtfo gangsta? you aint black you a dumb little white kid gangsta? more like wanksta. so go grab your cap gun and go hold up some more old ladies mr G A N G S T A aka mr ****

D C CUNNEEN, Bent Way, Lewihsam says...
9:23pm Wed 24 Oct 07

Blame the Met Police here. They fit up enough innocent people like Barry George yet they can’t "fit up" a ruthless thug. This part of South London is dreadful for useless detectives and corruption within the investigations themselves

robin, croydon says...
9:50pm Wed 24 Oct 07

Well,well, the cheap rubbish that people like dave is spilling is crap,yes we know our black boys are having a rough time out there,yes we know that the sky is fliping blue,however does that mean you as the little cockroaches out there poisoning other young minds to think the way you do,have the right to take a life in this way and inflict the suffering that his parents have been through.You know what they say if you dont want black people to know, put it in a book,becus were to dam thick to realise what the goverment are doing.They want us to turn on each other,and kill each other,we as a race have come so far because of the those pass great people( for some of you who have never read into your history Malcom X)and yet know you make me feel so shame to be associated with my own race.We were bad in our days,what the hell do you lot know, however we never kill nobody, we never dis-respect any body fam members, and we never mk our own race ashamed to be BLACK,you lot are an embarasment.please all i beg is that you little ruts dont have no children to pass on your AIDS, becus if you do, who knows what death your own child might go through becus of the sins you thought you got away with, remember GOD DONT SLEEP.
YOUR MOTHERS SHOULD HAVE ABORTED YOU AND WASHED YOU DOWN A TUBE IN A CLINIC,instead of those children who shd have been born. SCUM... send that to the leader who probably cant even read and write,thats good at least i wont get a reply.

J Jones, Croydon says...
10:10pm Wed 24 Oct 07

Going back to the original issue, he's obviously not a good kid because he gloated at being free and bragged about being 'back on the road'? He was convicted because he was involved in the manslaughter of Stefan. Who was battered to death by bricks and hammers.

What sort of decent people would do that to anyone?

Being a gangster isn't anything new. Check the history of the East End of London at least 50 years ago.

Something else for you kids, - drugs aren't anything new either. It has been going on since at least the first world war, so it's hardly rebelling these days, is it?

You don't look big, nor do you look clever. You just look pretty stupid really.

And pathetic.

Mikey, Lewisham says...
11:36pm Wed 24 Oct 07

RE: ME INIT

What a dumb thick head, always act hard in a crowd and trying to impress his low life friends. The truth is that you are someone with low self esteem, low intelligence and low importance. You are no different than the other attention seeking idiots out there as this is the only way you will get noticed, it clearly obvious that you have no talent or potential. You will forever be in and out of prison so get used to it because one day you will get life, that is if you live beyond 25. I will send you a dictionary for christmas, lol.

Cro Alone, Croydon says...
12:56am Thu 25 Oct 07

I'm 27 years old. I've been seeing this get worse and worse since i was twelve. Even before some of these kids learnt to wipe there own arses.

From some of the comments i've read so far. We are not going to get anywhere at all. How we suppose to teach these kids how to appreciate each other, and themselves, if we are jus gonna think negative about our youth "youngers" all the time. Start acting up quick Croydon! Stop trying to find excuses. I'm past hearing that crap! (at 16)

oh! And to the local papers....Stop promoting the gangs by giving us weekly updates on what there doings are...How do you think they wanna get more of a name for themsleves (eh, thats jus one of the reasons they wanna big themselves up)




dave, london says...
9:05am Thu 25 Oct 07

Get real robin, the public as a whole is sick to death of the race card being played as some sort of excuse for this criminal behaviour.
No-one cares what colour these criminals are- they're just criminals.
If you feel that the only excuse you can come up with to defend thugs and criminals is the race card then it says more about you than it does me.
Perhaps you should ask you god what to do, and when you don't get a reply try the tooth fairy then Santa- after all it's nearly christmas.

Sweetgerrie, Thornton Heath says...
10:13am Thu 25 Oct 07

surely there must be some mechanism to prevent this utter waste of space from being let out early! I thought that there were criteria attached to early releases such as showing remorse and being unlikely to re-offend! How does this moron meet these?????



George, Scottish Borders says...
10:48am Thu 25 Oct 07

Scum always rises to the top. The law helps to maintain this fact by helping scum stay on top.

I despair of the way our once peaceful and good society is being ground down by lack of decency and respect for others.


southgirl, South Norwood says...
11:49am Thu 25 Oct 07

to me init!! Get over urself u f**king looser, u aint bad, ur just a pri*k. U cant do nufin 4 urself or society. The streets are only bad because people like you make them bad. Finking ur some top gangsta.. GET REAL. Ur a low life d**k and ur only achievement will being put six feet under. I feel so sorry for you, u dont a have a clue, an education or 2 feet to stand on. Its just ur lil crowd that keep you on your feet. If they wasnt there you wouldnd say sh*t. Cant even spell f**king idiot. GET A LIFE and stop taking others.

JP, Norbury says...
12:39pm Thu 25 Oct 07

Clara am I supposed to feel sorry that members of TD are attacked.

Last time I checked that what these pathetic little gangs are all about.

If you are in a gang, accept that you will end up dead or in prison.

We are all growing up on the same streets just some of us choose not to act like spoilt little thugs who expect the world on a plate and take anything they want.

If you are in a gang that is a choice you make and if that leads to you being attacked then so be it.

Why should the police have to sort out their childish squables.

NiiCOLE, THORNTON HEATH says...
1:09pm Thu 25 Oct 07

Look Clara your goin on how no one no's coz they wernt there ye so shut ya mowf coz neither was u! Let me tell you this boy is scum!

RIP POETS ALL DAII EVERY DAII WE LOVE YOU STEFAN..X NEVER FORGOTTEN 4 EVER IN OUR HEARTS ...X

F*K TD
F*K ALL DEM MURDERIN B******S!BURN IN HELL AL OF U!

T.., croydon says...
1:14pm Thu 25 Oct 07

Clara.. ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG SO WHY IS THIS BOY THAT GOT STABBED 24 TIMES STILL ALIVE

STEFAN YOU ARE MISSED SO MUCH RIP

Paula, London says...
2:18pm Thu 25 Oct 07

Maybe, "INNIT Arena" should give his-self another chance and get back to school to learn how to write English. What a stupid little boy, you are the laughing stock of this message board.I meet Ar*eholes like you everyday and you make this country unbearable !!!

rob, london says...
4:12pm Thu 25 Oct 07

NiiCOLE wrote:
Look Clara your goin on how no one no\'s coz they wernt there ye so shut ya mowf coz neither was u! Let me tell you this boy is scum! RIP POETS ALL DAII EVERY DAII WE LOVE YOU STEFAN..X NEVER FORGOTTEN 4 EVER IN OUR HEARTS ...X F*K TD F*K ALL DEM MURDERIN B******S!BURN IN HELL AL OF U!
'mowf'

lol

Retribution, Wales says...
9:17pm Thu 25 Oct 07

Good God!!! What the **** is going on down there in Croydon.

sarah james, croydon says...
12:01am Fri 26 Oct 07

if only every1 new the truth n wat happened b4 the death of poets

sarah james, croydon says...
12:13am Fri 26 Oct 07

every1 tinks stefan was perfect but he wasnt every youth of today has a bad side 2 them.. but the press only highlighted the good things he done but if they only new!! ur all clones n jus follow n believe wat the media says kmt

joe, surrey says...
12:59am Fri 26 Oct 07

thats funny you commenting on stefan as if you knew him!
you are just going what you heard; and that was just rubbish.
the real person was much more than the media portrayed. so check your facts! before you comment.

Nic, croydon says...
8:42am Fri 26 Oct 07

Look stefan might not have been the perfect person but he had a career ahead of him, and if people knew the side of him i knew u'd all know he was good at heart really. ok so his killers been realeased and that pains me but let poets rest in peace. why u gotta speak bad about the dead? he cant defend himself. no one deserves to die and go through the grieve stefans family did. just leave it be

natalye, south norwood says...
9:47am Fri 26 Oct 07

RE: me init
u joka tellin us that we aint got no write playin god tell ya twisted lil killer friend he aint god either.ya bunch of street rats sort ya lives aint u fink our street are hard we should ship u all of to the real ghetto aka Rio city of god were kids have to servive there goverment is so kurupt.this courty aint got no ghetto you have just been watchin to many films.and before you say i dont no nuffin ive had to hustle and live on the street i was put in care at young age and have stole,robbed beaten people and i aint proud of it but now i have my own place my car an office job in accounts and earn bucks at 20..so just get bk to school 1st class english i advise and do something wif ur live..!!!!

Clara, South norwood says...
11:14am Fri 26 Oct 07

OK YOU TELL ME TO SHUT MY MOUTH, COZ I WEREN'T THERE MYSELF, AND THAT'S TRUE I WEREN'T BUT I DUN KNOW THAT I KNOW MORE THAN YOU BECAUSE I WAS AT THE TRIAL EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'VE EVEN READ THE JURY'S BUNDLE, SO I'LD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULDN'T CARRY ON LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT FACTS OF THE SITUATION

sarah james, croydon says...
11:39am Fri 26 Oct 07

its funny dat you lot r sayin stefans murderers are locked up but if you checked the facts you would realise the people that actually did it are still walkin the streets

Lisa, Croydon says...
11:49am Fri 26 Oct 07

Trevor Wood, you are one ignorant moron and so **** naive!
As for the youths writing rubbish on here, let me tell u something. U lot are wannabee gangsters. U wanna know about real gangsters? Go google it!
U guys talk about the streets and how hard it is, oh pls dont make me laugh! Having a hard life does not warrant you to go and kill others, beat them and intimidate innocent people trying to make a living! You talk about hard life? huh! Go and live in Rio or Africa and u will soon know about a hard life. U pathetic creatures get everything in this country. Free money from the government, useless parents who spoil and and dont teach u about respect because they know nothing about it themselves! U get the latest trainers, clothes, computer etc and yet u still go on about how hard life is! A hard life is having to walk 8 miles on barefoot to get a jug of water for ur family or having to walk barefoot to school in the morning 20 miles away! So dont chuck it, about ur excuse for ur behavoir is because u have a bad life and ur on the streets! Ur not on the street, u have a free home to go to, paid by the bloody council!
Im so sick of the youths of today, they have no respect. And before u start calling me old, Im 26 and streetwise myself but I chose to better myself. My boyfriend is black and has had a hard life but he works hard and doesnt use it as an excuse!
None of u have ambition, all u wanna be is gangsters or flippin rappers when none of u are decent role models!
So stop trying to defend urselves with your pathetic excuses because it doesnt wash. And furthermore, I blame ur pathetic parents for teachin u no respect!
And its not just black people who are in gangs, all the young white kids are part of it too! But all u black kids who go around causing mayhem and killing eachother, u should be highly ashamed of yourselves and for your ancestors who went through so much to get you where you are now!

Sarah, London says...
12:14pm Fri 26 Oct 07

Lisa wrote:
Trevor Wood, you are one ignorant moron and so **** naive! As for the youths writing rubbish on here, let me tell u something. U lot are wannabee gangsters. U wanna know about real gangsters? Go google it! U guys talk about the streets and how hard it is, oh pls dont make me laugh! Having a hard life does not warrant you to go and kill others, beat them and intimidate innocent people trying to make a living! You talk about hard life? huh! Go and live in Rio or Africa and u will soon know about a hard life. U pathetic creatures get everything in this country. Free money from the government, useless parents who spoil and and dont teach u about respect because they know nothing about it themselves! U get the latest trainers, clothes, computer etc and yet u still go on about how hard life is! A hard life is having to walk 8 miles on barefoot to get a jug of water for ur family or having to walk barefoot to school in the morning 20 miles away! So dont chuck it, about ur excuse for ur behavoir is because u have a bad life and ur on the streets! Ur not on the street, u have a free home to go to, paid by the bloody council! Im so sick of the youths of today, they have no respect. And before u start calling me old, Im 26 and streetwise myself but I chose to better myself. My boyfriend is black and has had a hard life but he works hard and doesnt use it as an excuse! None of u have ambition, all u wanna be is gangsters or flippin rappers when none of u are decent role models! So stop trying to defend urselves with your pathetic excuses because it doesnt wash. And furthermore, I blame ur pathetic parents for teachin u no respect! And its not just black people who are in gangs, all the young white kids are part of it too! But all u black kids who go around causing mayhem and killing eachother, u should be highly ashamed of yourselves and for your ancestors who went through so much to get you where you are now!
Here, Here, couldnt of put it better myself Lisa!!!

P, says...
2:19pm Fri 26 Oct 07

This is to Sarah James - if the "real" killers are still out there then how comes you havent reported them?! Your just as bad as the murderers themselves for keeping this info!
And whether or not Stefan was a good or bad person it doesnt mean someone can take his life. No one deserves that.

Roberta, Croydon says...
3:55pm Fri 26 Oct 07

How can anyone stick up for this boy. The fact that he is leaving prison after such a short time is a disgrace and the probability is that he will be offending again in the not to distant future.

This gangsta talk etc is quite sad and talks of him being innocent.

I for one cheer when I hear about gang deaths when they shoot each other - scum off the streets. However when innocent people like in this case are killed it is sad that within 2 years one of the killers is back on the streets.

Fingers crossed taht more gangsters kill each other this weekend and leave the law abiding tax payers to live our lives in peace.


Jennie, Streatham says...
5:22pm Fri 26 Oct 07

........Yes, Roberta, yes. Yes, let's hope that more blood is spilled this weekend. Let's hope that more young people, regardless of what they may or may not have done, lose their lives. Because the loss of a human life is always worth it, and always makes things so much better, doesn't it?

So yeah, fingers crossed for that (!)

And, to those on this board less at ease with the English language, that was sarcasm.

anonymous, says...
8:52pm Fri 26 Oct 07

Everyone is talking about all these boys who are 14, 15 and 16 but where are the parents? If my son was even in a gang i would pack his bags and drag him to prison myself, let him see what prison is like, either that or i would kick his **** myself, given the choice, he'd be begging me to take him to prison.
Parents need to step up an stop depen pon babylon fi tek care a dem children. A dat mi a seh

concerned mother, battersea says...
11:01am Sat 27 Oct 07

yeah fair enought that as you say parents do you thinkg that we brought are children up this way not to have respect for one and other telling them what right and wrong cause i know that we did
yeah nobody know the full story of what the run up
no i wasnt there but as they say their is two sides
people make up their own judgment by reading what they want us to read
children should be dying and to make it worse we as a country are letting this happen if thes children what to kill the should be shipped out to war then let them see what it is really like
the goverment had let these children down
they kicked out of schools having more time on their hand their mother is out working to keep the family on benefits so she cant keep an eye
then she gets the blaime for doing her best when the goverment dont help
i am mother i have children of the ages that the kids that have died
know one willl every understand unless you been in these terrible crimes where their child has been taken away from her
how do you think she feel nowing that people who dont no what happen have the right to judge
i would belive is not easy
what people should be contracting on is what are you going to do about it because its going to get worse and i hope its not somebody close to you
think about what going to happen to the next children look at what the see will they want revenge?
i lived in battersea all my life and gun crime is right here
take back the rights of the children because the five year olds that up and coming will be worse
i am of this country in five years because i ll be older and more frightened of the children
take back their rights bring back the kane it never really harmed
take back their right
teach them its better to work for your mone
these children need help whos responsibilty is that
???????????????
so think before you wright because remeber two sides
thinking of all the mothers present and pass who have lost their children to some way of death gun/knife/
you know what happened your know what kind of life your children have not these people who write these things
be strong easy said than done but you have to gone on and if you belive you will meet one day
in a better life were you shall be free of worring about your love ones
i hate london/goverment/pol
ice/judges/
what kind of world are we living in

Big Ron, Croydon says...
6:29pm Sat 27 Oct 07

Pssst! 'Ere, gang members.....
YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF BELL-ENDS!

C, South Norwood says...
7:23pm Sat 27 Oct 07

Ok so Stefan wasnt perfect does that mean he deserved to die? No 1 gets to play god so what gives these little bastards the right to end a life. Ohhh these poor boys they got stabbed and kidnapped but all these "gang" attacks are in retaliation, so what did these boys do 1st??? Fair enough every one deserves a second chance but thats only if ur remorseful for what you did and realise what you did was wrong not proud and boasting!!! What a d*ckhead that boy is and all his little cronies and groupies are!!!

sarah james, croydon says...
7:49pm Mon 29 Oct 07

wat goes around **** around.. dnt u think the boys parents hu r in prison r goin thru stress as it is aswel as stefans mum!! tings cud av bin different if 1 ting was changed but if that did it prob wudnt av ended up jus stefan died this wud b still carry on afta there was attacks afta the death

Joe, Croydon says...
1:27pm Wed 31 Oct 07

What goes around comes around? Well Sarah I don’t believe that Stefan actually killed any one. So why was he the one that suffered? How are the parents of the people in prison suffering like Stefan’s mum? Unless you know her I am not sure you are qualified to make that statement. You have stated they are the wrong ones in prison well if you do know who did kill Stefan then you should tell the police or stop mentioning it.

oceansylk, Croydon says...
6:36pm Sun 4 Nov 07

anonymous wrote:
Everyone is talking about all these boys who are 14, 15 and 16 but where are the parents? If my son was even in a gang i would pack his bags and drag him to prison myself, let him see what prison is like, either that or i would kick his **** myself, given the choice, he\'d be begging me to take him to prison.
Parents need to step up an stop depen pon babylon fi tek care a dem children. A dat mi a seh
and what makes you think you would automatically know if your son was in a gang....do you honestly think all gang members parents are aware of their involvement. I f you do then you are very naieve

KARLA PANCHOD HARAAMI, EALING says...
11:07pm Tue 13 Nov 07

these young kids usually grow up without a father figure. Irresponsible breeding by their parents create "BASTARDS" and such people grow up to become criminals and murderers. This is why the good lord warns mankind not to have children out of wedlock. This is a social problem but unfortunately it becomes a criminal problem when the former is not addressed. Either way a tooth for a tooth is the best solution. Bring back the Noose!

dunt watch dat jus read, heath says...
12:45pm Tue 27 Nov 07

ya all need to stop arguin innit everyone is innocent until proven guilty n yh he mayb guilty buh u dnt no wah e been tru in his life!
yes i no dat poets never deserved to die buh 4 his sake stop da arguin it jus gna cause more heartake cah more beef will happen
R.I.P POETS N VOICER X

totton, totton says...
6:59pm Wed 28 Nov 07

there was nothing that these bois said that seems like they where gloating over the death, just comments about it. And also it sounds like the boi who was killed was in a gang to by the nickname poetz

lauren, heath says...
2:33pm Mon 10 Dec 07

nah totton are yu dum he wernt in no gang everiwun has a tag name no matter if dey was da biggest neek on roadside so next time fukin fink before yu speak ho w dare u hu do u fink you are

kp, says...
8:22am Tue 11 Dec 07

i am horrified by the level of violence in the world and my sympathy and heart go out to all effected by this tragedy. I have had teeth smashed bones broke, been stabbed and robbed but thank god i have not been sufficiently out numbered to have been killed. The true meaning of the human soul is to spread love and worship peace.It may be hard in our ego materialist vanity driven era but the true way is here for all, FIND IT AND YOU WILL BE SAFE!I Hope we shall see a reduction in violence in the world and a re awakening of brotherl and sisterly love, STOP THE WAR.

SARAH, Croydon says...
2:02pm Tue 18 Dec 07

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Joe, Croydon says...
4:44pm Wed 19 Dec 07

Sarah
There is no need to have all this hate in your heart. if you are that angry maybe you should channel your anger into trying to stop others making such mistakes in their lives. i am sorry that they killed your cousin Stefan but they alot of people hurting and
affected by his death that occured two and half years ago.

Dave, Essex says...
11:37am Thu 20 Dec 07

When he talks about making money, I strongly doubt he is talking about earning it legally. He is probably referring to drug-dealing, mugging, burgling people's houses etc.

He is yet another example of a vicious black street thug who thinks life is cheap, and will do anything, determined to use whatever violence he sees fit, to get rich whilst still young. This type of idiot spend thousands on gold and diamond jewellery, which they wear to show off how successful a criminal they are.

These scum cost us £millions through the benefits and criminal justice systems. Ever thought that Britain might be better off without all the savage, noisy, over-breeding welfare blacks taking up much of our council housing?

Dave, Essex says...
11:37am Thu 20 Dec 07

When he talks about making money, I strongly doubt he is talking about earning it legally. He is probably referring to drug-dealing, mugging, burgling people's houses etc.

He is yet another example of a vicious black street thug who thinks life is cheap, and will do anything, determined to use whatever violence he sees fit, to get rich whilst still young. This type of idiot spend thousands on gold and diamond jewellery, which they wear to show off how successful a criminal they are.

These scum cost us £millions through the benefits and criminal justice systems. Ever thought that Britain might be better off without all the savage, noisy, over-breeding welfare blacks taking up much of our council housing?

luke, says...
3:53pm Thu 20 Dec 07

Why don't we hear more condemnation from the black community of these people? All we get is silence and endless complaints about racism. It's South Norwood and Thornton Heath now but Croydon will soon follow with these black teenage gangs.

Dave, Essex says...
4:35pm Thu 20 Dec 07

As Luke said, blacks keep banging on about racists making their lives so bad, but most of the violent crime against blacks is committed by blacks. Most muggings of blacks are committed by blacks, most shootings and stabbings of blacks are committed by blacks. The danger posed to blacks is predominantly from blacks, not from whites.

In any case, if this country is, as so many claim, so bad for blacks, then why are they still pouring into the UK in massive numbers? Why are they over-breeding here so severely? If it was so bad for them living her, they'd all be going back to Africa and the Caribbean.

Stop whinging, blacks, if you don't like it here, you're welcome to go back to your homeland. There you'll be in a land that's run by blacks, and where blacks are the majority. You go on about your wonderful culture - so immerse yourself in it; goodbye and good riddance!

Richard Leard, says...
5:04pm Sun 13 Jan 08

what a stuck up c**t. :| stefan was a close respectable guy i could look up to in school. he didnt deserve to have his life taken.

he wont be making ****.. paprt from a few angry mobs. way he's going on he'll be back where he started. in prison. surely you would thinkwith an opportunity like this, its a great chance to relinquish himself?


Joe, Croydon says...
11:49am Fri 18 Jan 08

Richard very good point; but alot of these people are commenting on this subject did not know Stefan. A few people that are commenting on this subject are doing this because they know people who tried by the CPS.

SAZ, BURMINGHAM says...
1:07am Thu 28 Feb 08

ME INIT wrote:
bold LISEN..U LOT DONT KNO **** DHAS HOW I KNO U ALL SIT DWN ND READ ABOUHT PEOPLES LIFE SO U CAN GHET SUM ACTION ND MAYBE CREAT WUN OF UR OWN **** DUH MEDIA U DONT KNO WTA DUH **** UR TLKIN ABOUHT.. HOW U FGONA PUT SUMFIN UP DHAT ES SUPPOSE TO HAV DUN WEN E WAS IN PRISON? BECHA E CNT WAIT TO BE BAK ON ROAD.. DO U FINK E WANTS TO SPEND HIS LIFE IN PRISON. U LOT R SO **** ABSORBED WIV UR PERFEKT LIVES U DONT UNDERSTAND WA ITS LIKE TO BE ON DUH ROADS DESE DHEYS. UR ALL GRUMPY OLD DICKHEDS LOOKIN DWN UR NOSES AT PPL LIKE HIM. ES A GUD PERSON DHAT GHOT CAUGHT IN DUH RONG SITUATION. TIL DEATH IS NOT A GANG! IT IS A FRIENDSHIP UNTIL DEATH. U LOT DONT UNDERSTAND DHAT..AS FOR DUH MEDIA.. STOP MAYKIN FINGS WURS DAN DHEY ARE CAH WEN SUMWUN ELSE GHETS KILLD ITS BLOOOD ON U OTS HANDS FOR PROVOKIN IT. U ****. EVRYWUN DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE ND YU PEOPLE CNT PLAY DUH POSITION OF GOD ND DECIDE HOW OR HU SHUD DIE. SHUT DUH **** UP ND GHET A LIFE. TILL DEATH U BASTARDS
PLEASE, BEFORE YOU INSULT MY EYES AGAIN, LEARN HOW TO SPELL. THAT IS AWFUL! STOP WITH THE GHETTO TALK, IT IS USELESS AND PATHETIC!

Claire, South Norwood says...
10:08pm Mon 31 Mar 08

Oh my.. this is pathetic!! No matter what people thought of Stefan or 'the bad side of him' he did not deserve to die at 16.. nobody does.. & the street is only as bad as you make it.. go to school, get a good job & it won't be that hard will it.. being in a gang isn't going to get you anywhere in life.. come on now.. when are people going to learn this??? because when you grow up you're not going to be in an office reppin ya ends.. it's so stupid & innocent lives are being wasted because of it.

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Chased to his death: Teen Stefan Persaud was battered  with bricks and hammers by four youths Chased to his death: Teen Stefan Persaud was battered with bricks and hammers by four youths

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