Overview
- Moussa, 30, was convicted of murder after a two-week trial earlier this month and was sentenced on Wednesday to life with a minimum term of 27 years.
- He received a concurrent 12-month term for possessing a knife, which he admitted.
- The court heard the street encounter escalated after Clarke flipped Moussa’s baseball cap and Moussa mocked him for not speaking Spanish despite saying he was from Chile.
- Judge Usha Karu found Moussa went back armed, pursued Clarke and drew the blade after Clarke fell, leaving a wound that penetrated the heart by at least 6.5cm.
- Paramedics attempted open-heart surgery before Clarke, a 35-year-old father of two who had earned a Kensington Palace gardening role over 500 applicants, was pronounced dead at 5:29am.