Marques Walker, a teenager, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 14-year-old Jermaine, the youngest victim in 2021 of a fatal knife crime.
On November 18, 2021, Marques Walker stabbed 14-year-old Jermaine Cools, lying on the ground outside a chicken shop in south London. Walker was 16 years old at the time.
During his trial, it was revealed that Walker was on bail before six weeks of stabbing Cools for carrying a large knife at the time of the killing.
He pleaded guilty to Jermaine’s murder and possessing a knife earlier this year, although he had initially claimed that he was not guilty.
Walker’s sentencing was broadcast on television in Wales and England following a successful legal challenge by the media.
The judge, Sarah Munro KC, stated that the impact of Jermaine’s violent death was “immeasurable” and that he was a “defenseless” victim.
The stabber has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 19 years behind bars, and they will minus the time he had already spent in custody.
He had been hiding for six weeks after the murder but was found by chance during another search. The judge mentioned Walker’s repeated possession of knives and said he posed a risk to the public.
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