LONDON—An aspiring lawyer was stabbed to death by a gang intent on violence after he and a friend walked back from a supermarket in north west London after buying groceries, a jury has been told.
On Wednesday the Old Bailey was told Sven Badzak, 22, suffered fatal injuries after being attacked on Feb. 6, 2021 by a gang from the South Kilburn estate who were seeking to target rival youths.
But prosecutor Anthony Orchard, KC, told the trial: “Neither victim was a gang member or associate. It appears they were the unfortunate victims of mistaken identity.”
Rashid Gedel, 21, and Shiroh Ambersley, 22, both deny murder, attempted murder and an alternative charge of wounding with intent….