FACE OF THE HONEY TRAP KILLER TEEN; Girl, 16, lured boy to his death.Byline: JON CLEMENTS THIS is the schoolgirl who tricked her boyfriend into a fatal ambush where he was murdered by a vicious gang. Samantha Joseph, 16, was yesterday convicted of murder for her part in the "honey trap" killing of Shakilus Townsend. She lured the 16-year-old to a quiet culde-sac where he was beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed in the chest five times. The sickening plot was an attempt to get back with her violent ex, Danny McLean. McLean, 18, brothers Tyrell and Don-Carlos Ellis, 19 and 18, Andrew Johnson-Haynes, 19, and 17-year-olds Andre Thompson and Michael Akinfenwa, all from South London South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. Some neighbourhoods north of the Thames have South London postal codes (SW), but these neighbourhoods are classified as West or Central London. , were also convicted of murder yesterday. The Old Bailey Old Bailey Noun the Central Criminal Court of England Noun 1. Old Bailey - the central criminal court in London criminal court - a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases heard how Shakilus, from Deptford, told his mum Joseph was his "future wife" and they were going to visit her cousin in Thornton Heath Coordinates: Thornton Heath is a district in the London Borough of Croydon. It is 7.2 miles (11.6 km) south of Charing Cross. Thornton Heath High Street is the centre of a large area of north Croydon known as Thornton Heath between West Croydon and last July. But Joseph, from Brockley, told friends she was going to "get Shak set". The pair caught a bus where CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television showed Joseph sending a text to confirm the ambush. Afterwards, she tried to hide their relationship, erasing Shakilus's webpage and telling friends to delete his phone number. Prosecutor Brian Altman QC said: "Her role in this killing was pivotal - to lure Shakilus to be ambushed and attacked in a honey trap with a lethal and tragic twist." The seven killers will be sentenced later. CAPTION(S): GUILTY DANNY McLEAN GUILTY TYRELL ELLIS GUILTY DON-CARLOS ELLIS GUILTY ANDREW JOHNSON-HAYNES GUILTY ANDRE THOMPSON GUILTY MICHAEL AKINFENWA GUILTY SAMANTHA JOSEPH VICTIM SHAKILUS TOWNSEND THE HONEY TRAP SHE SENDS TEXT ON BUS TO GANG |
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