Mum’s pain as men who stabbed son to death in UK laugh in court
Azaan John Kaleem, known as AJ, 18, was killed in the English town of Luton in March, and while doctors battled to save his life, he died three days later in hospital. AAP
The mother of a teenager who was stabbed to death in a UK street said she can’t forgive his killers after they laughed and joked through their trial.
Azaan John Kaleem, known as AJ, 18, was killed in the English town of Luton in March, and while doctors battled to save his life, he died three days later in hospital.
Four men were convicted last week over his death at London’s Old Bailey Court.
Roseann Taylor, said the four people convicted, three of whom were teenagers, were like a “pack of animals” when they struck after a disagreement with her only child.
"I had to watch the CCTV of my son being murdered and all the while I was keeping my composure, the defendants laughed and joked and had fun,” she told the BBC.
Two men aged 18 and 19, plus 18-year-old Harrison Searle, were convicted of murder while and Reece Bliss-McGrath was convicted of manslaughter over the brutal death.
Azaan’s life support was turned off by his mother.
She said it was her last memory of her son, and because his body was evidence, she wasn’t able to donate his organs.
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