An A-level student, who had skipped his Maths class, was murdered by another teenager as he tried to run away, a court heard on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
Ahmednur Nuur, 16, was stabbed in the back by Justice Will-Mamah who is said to have told him: “I have shanked you.”
Will-Mamah, an 18-year-old A-level student at a different school from Ahmednur in Milton Keynes, had been involved in a fight with a group of youths. After being put to the ground he returned with a large knife.
After being struck on the forehead with a piece of concrete he came at at the group with a large knife in his hand, Luton Crown Court was told. Ahmednur, who is not thought to have thrown the concrete, was running away when he was stabbed in the left hand side of his back.
He was not able to travel far and collapsed, said prosecutor Jane Osborne QC.
Paramedics were called, but he died shortly afterwards. The stab wound had entered his back, travelled through his lung and entered his heart. Death was caused by blood loss.
Justice Will-Mamah of Coniston Way, Bletchley denies murder and possessing a knife on Friday, February 11, 2022.
Ms Osborne said Ahmednur was a Year 12 studying for his A-levels at Walton High School in Milton Keynes. He was due to have a Maths class that morning, but he and a friend skipped the lesson and went across the city to Milton Keynes College.
They met up with people, forming a group of eight. The defendant was also studying for his A-levels at St Paul’s Catholic School, close to the College.
“There is no reason to think they had any knowledge of each other,” said the prosecutor. On Palace Square, Justice Will-Mamah became involved in a confrontation with Ahmednur’s group.
Ms Osborne said: “The defendant approached them and asked if they were there for him. There was a verbal argument. It turned into a psychical argument – one or more punches were thrown.”
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A student from St Paul’s heard someone shout: “Come on then. Are you scared?”
CCTV from a private house showed Justice Will-Mamah with a large knife in his hand. A stone or a piece of rock strikes him in the middle of his forehead. The other group run away when he connects with Ahmednur’s back.
The defendant is alleged to have said: “I’ve shanked you” which is slang for a stabbing, said the prosecutor.
The jury was told the knife and the clothing Justice Will-Mamah was wearing had not been recovered. He was arrested that evening when he went to report to Milton Keynes police station where he had been required to report on a different matter.
In a police interview he said he had been given the knife by a friend who had told him he might need it after he had seen a group of “thirty intimidating” youths. He told the police he had been surrounded and were saying he was from the Lakes Estate and they would stab him up.
The group had flick knives and machetes, he said. Ms Osborne said: “The only person who produced a knife was the defendant. At the time the knife was used the boys were running away. There was no good reason to use it.”
In an opening remark to the jury, Lewis Power QC, defending, his case was that he acted in lawful self-defence.
He said: “There is no dispute the defendant inflicted the single stab which caused the tragic death of Ahmednur Nuur.
“He believed he was to be attacked and stabbed. Indeed he was attacked and injured.
“He had the knife for self defence and was passed it shortly before the incident.
“The trial is expected to last up to seven weeks.”
Judge Lynn Tayton QC told the jury it was hoped the case would end within four to five weeks.
