pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Babafemi
Junaid, 22, (below) following a retrial at the Old Bailey.
February 2014 to reports of a man stabbed. Upon
arrival they found Babafemi suffering from a stab
wound to the chest. He was taken by London Ambulance
Service to hospital but he later died that evening.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death
as a single stab wound to the heart.
Babafemi became the inadvertent focus of an attack
by a group after a disturbance on a 155 bus spilled out
onto the street.
He was not on the bus but was waiting at the bus stop
when the disturbance spilled out onto the pavement
at Stockwell station. As he attempted to get away from
the fracas he was targeted, chased and attacked by
the group.
During the attack one of the attackers was witnessed
waving a knife, Babafemi fell to the ground. He managed
to run to his car which was a short distance away but
as a result of his injuries, crashed his car into the back
of a bus soon after.
The same group that initially attacked him then set
upon him again opening three of its doors to kick and
punch him until bystanders came over to intervene.
Babafemi's attackers then fled the scene.
Detectives launched a murder investigation and which
resulted in a number of people getting arrested
including Edwards who was arrested on Thursday,
13 February 2014 at his place of work.
"This was a horrific incident which culminated in a
violent disturbance on a bus and sadly led to a young
man losing his life. I hope today's guilty plea goes
some way to helping Babafemi's family move on from
what has been an extremely distressing experience."
Detective Inspector David Reid of Homicide and
Major Crime Command, said.
Edwards will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on
Tuesday, 24 November for manslaughter and violent
disorder.
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