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| Ardit & Marcel Sokoli |
Two
brothers involved in stabbing a 16 year-old just after he got off a
bus in south-east London have each been jailed for twelve years.
Ardit
Sokoli, 20, and Marcel Sokoli, 18, both of Hither Green, Catford
carried out the vicious attack in Lee High Road on September 20, last
year.
They were convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of inflicting grievous bodily harm.
They
must serve at least two-thirds of the sentences in custody and will
be on license for seven years upon release.
The
court heard that around 6.00pm a London Ambulance Service crew called
police to Cressingham Road, Hither Green, following reports of a
stabbing.
Officers
attended and discovered the teenager at the scene suffering from a
stab wound to the shoulder.
He
was conveyed to a south London hospital where he was treated.
His
injuries were deemed to be not life-threatening or life-changing.
Officers
began an investigation into the incident and established that the
victim had exited a route 122 bus in the Lee High Road area.
He
was approached by a group of males who attacked him before he was
able to flee, eventually ending up in Cressingham Road.
CCTV
enquiries identified the brothers as responsible for the attack.
They
were arrested at their home address on October 5 and charged the
following day.
It
is suspected that the victim was known to the attackers but this
could not be proven.
Detective
Constable James Farrimond, of the Trident and Area Crime Command, led
the investigation.
He
said: “Now
more than ever we need sentences like this to deter youths from
carrying knives.
“Thankfully
this was not a fatal incident, but it is just as needless and
alarming.
“Now
these two brothers will spend some of the best years of their lives
in prison when they could have done so many other positive things.
“I
would urge any youth concerned in carrying a knife to think whether
this is what they want to happen to them.”
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