Overview
- Emmanuel Avogo, who was 16 at the time of the attack, was convicted of murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years on Monday.
- A 16-year-old girl was found guilty of manslaughter and given a two-year detention and training order for her role in arranging the meeting that led to the attack.
- Prosecutors said the victim, 26-year-old Adam Khan, was lured to Humberstone Road by phone messages, confronted after CCTV shows him speak with the girl, stabbed five times and later died in hospital.
- At trial it emerged Avogo had a history of knife-related incidents including a March 2025 e-bike robbery in which he produced a 67cm machete and was previously given a youth rehabilitation order instead of custody.
- Mr Justice Bennathan said naming Avogo was justified by public concern about young people and knife crime, a decision that is likely to intensify debate over youth-court sentences and prevention measures.