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02/02/2011
Guilty Verdict In Godwin Lawson Murder
A man has been found guilty of murdering a promising young footballer in east London.
Godwin Lawson, 17, from Enfield, north London, was stabbed to death as he tried to help his friends in Stamford Hill.
The Oxford United Football & Education Academy student died at the scene in the March 2010 attack.
Moise Avorgah, 20, of Tottenham, north London, was cleared of two counts of attempted murder.
The Old Bailey heard how Mr Lawson went to attend to his friends, brothers Daniel and Julian Borja, when they were set upon by Avorgah.
Avorgah was not charged with the attempted murders of the brothers but was found guilty of wounding with intent.
Daniel Riley, 22, of, Holloway, north London, Matthew Lanihun, 21, of Finsbury Park, north London, and Koffi Osimeh, 20, also of Finsbury Park were cleared of the attempted murders of the Borja brothers. The jury could not decide on the alternative wounding with intent charges.
(BMcN/GK)
Godwin Lawson, 17, from Enfield, north London, was stabbed to death as he tried to help his friends in Stamford Hill.
The Oxford United Football & Education Academy student died at the scene in the March 2010 attack.
Moise Avorgah, 20, of Tottenham, north London, was cleared of two counts of attempted murder.
The Old Bailey heard how Mr Lawson went to attend to his friends, brothers Daniel and Julian Borja, when they were set upon by Avorgah.
Avorgah was not charged with the attempted murders of the brothers but was found guilty of wounding with intent.
Daniel Riley, 22, of, Holloway, north London, Matthew Lanihun, 21, of Finsbury Park, north London, and Koffi Osimeh, 20, also of Finsbury Park were cleared of the attempted murders of the Borja brothers. The jury could not decide on the alternative wounding with intent charges.
(BMcN/GK)
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