A British drill rapper, Kammar Henry-Richards, known as Kay-O, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally shooting a rival gang member outside a baby's birthday party in Walthamstow, London. Henry-Richards, along with three accomplices, were convicted of murder and conspiracy charges. The rapper boasted about the killing in a video, glorifying the act and referencing details about the victim's death.
A drill rapper who fatally shot a gang rival outside a baby's birthday party and boasted about the murder in a video has been sentenced to life in prison along with three accomplices. Kammar Henry-Richards, known as Kay-O, shot Kacey Boothe, 25, at Peterhouse Community Centre in Walthamstow, northeast London , in August 2022. Mr Boothe was attending the first birthday celebration of his friend Khalid Samanter's one-year-old child.
Days later, Henry-Richards released a video titled 'Kay-O Laughing Stock', in which he bragged about the killing and rapped about using the same gun to injure the victim's brother two years earlier. The lyrics stated: 'Big Boothe and Little got hit, same sig, that's a sour family. Both got slapped at functions, neck and head, handguns come handy.' In another version, the lyrics read: 'Big Boothe shoulda lurked, got his neck back ripped. Lil' got burst, shoulda bin with his.' Henry-Richards, 26, was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey with a minimum term of 37 years for the murder on Tuesday. Ka'mani Brightly-Donaldson, 25, of Romford, Jeffrey Gyimah, 23, and Joao Pateco-Te, 28, both of Hackney, were found guilty of murder, conspiracy to murder, and conspiracy to possess a firearm or firearms with intent to endanger life. All four defendants admitted to having links with the E9 or linked Holly Street gangs and had previous convictions. Brightly-Donaldson received a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years; Gyimah was given a minimum term of 35 years; and Pateco-Te was ordered to spend at least 37 years behind bars. Brightly-Donaldson was also convicted of possessing a prohibited firearm. Judge Lynn Tayton KC described the killing as 'a planned revenge attack arising out of gang rivalry in the context of an ongoing pattern of serious tit-for-tat violence'. Mr Boothe's older brother, Kyle Boothe, survived being shot with the same gun in August 2020. Prosecutor Anthony Orchard KC stated that Henry-Richards' video 'goaded the London Fields Gang, one of the E9/Holly Street Gang enemies, and glorified the murder of Kacey Boothe'. 'The track contained specific information about the circumstances in which Kacey Boothe had been killed that were not in the public domain.' The judge acknowledged that Mr Boothe was targeted due to his involvement in the city's gang culture, but emphasized that he 'was first and foremost a young man with his life ahead of him who leaves behind a mother, partner, and children'. Mr Boothe's mother, Marcia Rowe, expressed in an impact statement that 'there is no limit to the endless suffering we all feel and must live with every day'.
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