Man guilty of bus stop stab death

Nassirudeen was killed just days before his 17th birthday

An 18-year-old has been found guilty of of murdering a teenager during a petty row at a bus stop.

Ahmet Gomulu, stabbed Nassirudeen Osawe, 16, through the heart in Islington, north London, last December.

The Old Bailey heard Gomulu attacked Nassirudeen and his friends because he thought they were staring at him.

Gomulu, from Stoke Newington, north London, has been found guilty of murder and wounding with intent and will be sentenced next month.

Gomulu had accused Nassirudeen and his friends of staring at him saying: "Why are you looking at me? Why are you screwing me?"

Stabbed twice

Edward Brown QC, prosecuting, said: "It is a tragedy that it was no more than this comment, that was so unnecessary and about something so minor, that started the train of events that led to Nassirudeen's death, nothing more than that."

Gomulu laughed as he flicked open a one-and-a-half inch blade before stabbing one of the friends in the side.

Nassirudeen and the other friend chased after him and Nassirudeen was stabbed twice during the confrontation.

He died two days after Christmas last year, and five days before his 17th birthday.

Fulera Idriss said in an impact statement to the court that her son had just started college and was well respected and well liked.

At school, he had received a "glowing reference" from his head of year and been nominated for a pupil head-of-year position.

She was said to still be hoping that Nassirudeen's death was a "bad dream".

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