Uchechukwu Ejimonye, 20 was sentenced
yesterday, Thursday, 23 June to 22 years
imprisonment for killing 17-year-old Vasilaki
Kakko in Holloway, east London.
Detective Inspector Mick Norman, from the Met’s
Homicide and Major Crime Command, said:
“What started as an evening out with friends
quickly escalated into a moment of extreme
violence. Whilst it is unclear what led Ejimonye
to fatally stab Vasso, it is obvious to most
people that there is never any excuse to take
someone else’s life.”
On 23 November 2015, police were called at
approximately 20:50hrs to reports that a man
had been stabbed on Yoke Close, close to North
Road, Islington, N7. The London Ambulance
Service and London’s Air Ambulance also
attended and Vasilaki – known as Vasso to
family and friends – who was from Newington
Green was pronounced dead at the scene at
21:22hrs.
A post-mortem examination held at Whittington
Hospital Mortuary on 25 November 2015 gave
cause of death as a stab wound to the neck.
Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime
Command launched an investigation and quickly
established that Vasso had been socialising with
a small group of acquaintances in a small public
square.
Without explanation, one of these men produced
a knife and stabbed him in the neck before
running away. He was later identified as
Uchechukwu Ejimonye, arrested and charged the
following day.
