Two (2) teenagers have been sentenced to at least fifteen (15) years for the machete murder of Kelyan Bokassa, 14-year-old, on a London bus.
Keylan was murdered on 7 January in Woolwich, southeast, London, in what prosecutors said was a planned attack.
The defendants, who are now 16, and too young to be named, stabbed Keylan 27 times with machetes.
In May, they pleaded guilty, with one appearing to change his plea at the last moment. Also, they both admitted to possessing an offensive weapon.
Previously, Prosecutor Tom Little KC, revealed to the Old Bailey that Kelyan was attacked “almost instantaneously” by the boys on the top deck. The attack occured in the middle of the afternoon in Woolwich Church Street.
No long after medics arrived, Keylan died after suffering severed femoral artery.
Keylan’s mother, Mary Bokassa, speaking following his death, said he had been bred by gangs from the age of six, and she was not shocked when she discovered he was dead.
Ms Bokassa said she had tried to hinder him associating with gangs, however, did not get support from authorities.
One of the machetes used in the attack was thrown in the River Thames but later recovered.
Photo: Kelyan Bokassa. Pic: Family Handout/PA
