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00:00I get this screaming horrendous phone call from my daughter.
00:07Just screaming that I'm on a big shot.
00:10It looks like an assassination, an execution.
00:14This is in the middle of the yard and children were playing football and they all fell to the floor.
00:19That's right off the rector scale.
00:21You've got a killer on the loose that might strike again.
00:24Many parents are thinking, could this be my child next?
00:28Who would open fire next to a children's playground in broad daylight?
00:33Now when we're talking about things like revenge, then it becomes a spiral of violence.
00:38It's kind of portrayed that this young black boy had done it and he's got shot.
00:41Headlines, which are so far from the facts, it's unbelievable.
00:45You have to harvest evidence as quickly as you can.
00:49If you miss something in the first few hours at the murder scene, you're never going to retrieve it again.
00:54How can forensics catch the killer?
00:57How can forensics catch the killer?
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00:58We're getting ready to shoot.
00:59What is the behaviour of the foreseeable things?
00:59How can forensics catch the mortvil?
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01:00How can median legŃŃies catch the killer?
01:13And one of the Š¼Š°Ńäŗŗē catch the killer?
01:14He'll have to fill his hand out.
01:16He'll have to have to find it.
01:17How canguard smoking?
01:19How can forensics catch the killer?
01:21If you miss something in your life.
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01:24In North London, emergency services raced to a children's play area
01:34following reports of rapid gunfire.
01:39Local residents heard gunshots, had a look outside
01:44and saw the prone body of a young man.
01:4822-year-old Imani Allaway Muir has been shot close to his home
01:52and is in a critical condition.
01:56Imani, unfortunately, was in quite a bad way,
01:59by which time his mother had arrived at the scene.
02:03All my grandsons were there, his brothers were there,
02:05his dad was there and watched him try to save his life.
02:08Really, really stressful, heartbreaking.
02:13Really traumatic for the family.
02:15It's really important to try and limit who can see what's happening at that scene.
02:19As Imani's mum, Kiefer, and dad, Jason,
02:23desperately watch paramedics try to save him,
02:26police lock down the scene.
02:29Shaken witnesses describe the terrifying moment the gunman opened fire.
02:35Bullets ricocheted around the playground
02:37and children were playing football
02:39and they all fell to the floor.
02:41So, a lot more children could have been hurt as well.
02:47I hate to think what it would have been like
02:49had it been school holidays.
02:51There would have been utter carnage.
02:55Witnesses describe the shooter as looking angry
02:57and holding a black gun.
03:01Paramedics find Imani has been shot four times,
03:05causing catastrophic injuries.
03:06There was a huge amount of blood loss all over the scene.
03:11He died about 30 minutes later.
03:15He lost so much blood,
03:17he just couldn't be saved.
03:21And all I can remember is screaming,
03:23what's dead, is he alive?
03:25And she said, no, he's dead.
03:30He was a jailer to the family, to be honest.
03:32Very family-orientated young man.
03:36Imani grew up in the area,
03:39where he lived with mum, Kiefer,
03:41and his four younger sisters and brothers.
03:43He adored his mum.
03:45Everything was his mum.
03:46Mum first, more than anything.
03:48Yeah, he loved his mother.
03:52And I did see my daughter.
03:53It's just the pain and the screams from her.
03:59Nobody knew anything,
04:00because it was like,
04:02what's happened?
04:03You know, this is in the middle of the afternoon,
04:04the children's playground.
04:05With the motive not yet known,
04:11police are concerned about what the gunman could do next.
04:16You've got a killer on the loose that might strike again.
04:19That's right off the Richter scale.
04:21You have to harvest evidence as quickly as you can.
04:25If you miss something in the first few hours at the murder scene,
04:29you're never going to retrieve it again.
04:33We try and track where Imani was stood
04:36and where he ended up collapsing,
04:39and that can be done through blood pattern analysis.
04:41He wasn't facing the shooter.
04:43He appeared to have been shot whilst trying to get away.
04:46This looks like a planned attack.
04:48Why was this young man targeted?
04:51A young man shot in broad daylight,
04:55that's rare.
04:55The first thing that goes through your mind,
05:01is it a crime that's gone wrong?
05:04Is it a gangland shooting?
05:07Is it a domestic?
05:09You've got to have a completely open mind.
05:12It was just a shock, to be honest.
05:13I didn't think about it being a grudge.
05:17Everyone knew Imani from the area.
05:19Everyone loved Imani.
05:21Everyone.
05:22And everyone had a funny story to tell about Imani.
05:25They liked to be in the park,
05:26meet his friends,
05:27play a bit of football,
05:29to hang out.
05:31In the park,
05:32CSIs trace the shooter's movements.
05:36If we could find out where someone was stood,
05:39that's really great for forensic opportunities,
05:41because then we can almost try and recreate the scene.
05:45Also then helps with any CCTV footage
05:47because potentially they might be able to work out
05:50where they might have escaped to.
05:53In an incident like this,
05:54we would probably get a ballistic scientist
05:56to be able to track exactly where the shots
05:59might have been fired from.
06:01You could potentially see where bullets have landed
06:04and be able to determine a point of origin
06:08as to where they've been fired.
06:09We have a whole variety of kit that's available,
06:11so we can use lasers for that.
06:13We can also use rods.
06:14External scenes are more difficult
06:16because there's the potential for ricochet.
06:19So when we're working back to look at trajectories,
06:21it may not be a direct line.
06:23It's a cul-de-sac in essence.
06:26There's a children's play area.
06:28And just adjacent to that
06:30is a caged football pitch
06:32with alleyways running both sides of it.
06:35So it's quite a compact murder scene.
06:40Ballistics determines the shooter's position
06:42was the top of an alleyway
06:43running between the playground and Bride Street.
06:46It's right by Roman Way,
06:50which one side of it is Pentonville Prison.
06:56There's obviously CCTV from the prison walls
07:00and on the estate itself.
07:03There may be doorbell cameras,
07:05so they're all good places to look for video footage
07:09of what may have happened
07:11or even pick up some sound
07:13because, as you know,
07:15gunshots are not quiet.
07:19Officers go door to door
07:20and turn up an early lead.
07:23A neighbour's video doorbell
07:25has captured audio
07:26of the chilling moment the gunman opened fire.
07:29So what you can hear there
07:37are 14 rounds being fired off consecutively.
07:40That would suggest
07:41it's either a semi
07:42or a fully automatic weapon.
07:45Heartbreaking.
07:47And even now,
07:48I can't really talk about Kiefer
07:50because that's very painful
07:51for the pain she's going through.
07:54But that's what they've put us through.
07:57You know.
07:57That's an awful lot of firepower to use.
08:02Perpetrator just kept his finger on the trigger.
08:04No shout for mercy.
08:06It's just pure and utter execution.
08:09There is no other way to describe it.
08:12He wanted to make a statement
08:13and to demonstrate their power and their might.
08:16Imani was just a 22-year-old young lad
08:20going about his own business.
08:22So why have they picked on him?
08:27It was just a shock, to be honest.
08:38Everything was a shock.
08:40In North London,
08:42tributes build at the scene
08:44of 22-year-old
08:45Imani Allaway Muir's tragic murder.
08:48Imani was my first-born grandchild.
08:54We were very, very close.
08:56He was born special.
08:58Kiefer went into premature labour
09:01at 34 weeks.
09:03He was this little tiny baby,
09:04like, you could hold him here.
09:07And then he just grew fatter and fatter.
09:09By the time he was one,
09:12he was a tonker.
09:14Then he was, like, six foot two
09:16and really skinny
09:16by the time of 22.
09:19You know?
09:20Handsome young man.
09:23He was cheeky.
09:24A joy.
09:24A big joy.
09:28This is a bit of a conundrum.
09:30It looks like an assassination,
09:32an execution,
09:33because that's what it is.
09:35But there's no motive.
09:36He was either running away
09:38or walking away from the attacker,
09:40or actually the attacker
09:41was following him
09:42because all his injuries
09:43were on the back of his body.
09:45The police found it really difficult
09:47to be able to identify
09:48who the offenders were
09:49because he had nobody
09:50that didn't like him.
09:52There was no body in his life
09:54that had a grudge against Imani.
09:58In search of answers,
10:00detectives retrace
10:01Imani's final movements.
10:03Imani was at my house
10:06on the Friday.
10:08He used to stay over quite a lot.
10:10I've got a special needs daughter,
10:12so Imani used to come to the house
10:13playing cards and playing games.
10:16He used to really enjoy
10:16that interaction.
10:18He used to play tricks on me
10:19all the time.
10:20They'd have me screaming
10:21and shouting at him.
10:22It just fits the laughter.
10:24Just last words to me,
10:25see you later, man.
10:26You know,
10:27shout it on the stairs.
10:28From his grandma's,
10:31Imani travelled home,
10:32stopping by the park
10:33to watch the football.
10:38I don't think he was there
10:39two minutes
10:39before he was killed.
10:42The next thing,
10:43I get this screaming,
10:45horrendous phone call
10:45from my daughter.
10:51This wasn't just
10:52a random attack on somebody.
10:54It was a targeted attack.
10:56Why did they want to target him?
10:57At the park,
11:00CSIs harvest the evidence.
11:03The only traces left behind
11:04by the shooter
11:05are multiple bullets
11:07and casings.
11:10You would collect them
11:11using plastic tweezers
11:13because what you don't want
11:14is metal-to-metal markings.
11:17And then they're put
11:18into polypots
11:19to stop any movement
11:21from happening in transit
11:23because we want to keep them
11:24as they were.
11:27In a shooting crime scene,
11:29there's often very little evidence
11:31at that scene.
11:32The shots have been fired
11:33from a distance away.
11:35So there's probably
11:36not much potential
11:38trace evidence
11:38on your victim.
11:41Knowing what sort of weapon
11:42might have been used
11:43can be really important
11:44because if we can find the weapon,
11:46we might be able
11:47to find the offender.
11:47It looks like it's a 9 by 19 millimetre
11:52and you can see the markings
11:54S and B
11:56and that will tell you
11:56the name of the manufacturer.
11:59On cartridge cases,
12:00you may also be able
12:01to find fingerprints
12:01because obviously somebody
12:03has physically picked them up
12:04and put them into the weapon.
12:05You have to start thinking
12:10like how an offender would.
12:11So how a bullet's loaded
12:12into a magazine
12:13and a gun.
12:15Most of the time,
12:16the bullets are loaded in
12:17by pushing the end
12:18of the bullet casing.
12:20So the best area
12:21probably to swab
12:22for DNA
12:23will be around
12:24this ridged area
12:25and the actual end
12:27of the bullet casing.
12:27These areas are not possible
12:30to get fingerprints from.
12:31You might get fingerprints
12:32from like the shaft here
12:33but again,
12:34it's quite a small surface.
12:36On a bullet casing this size,
12:38I would tend to go
12:39for DNA swabbing.
12:40I hope that the shooter
12:42or whoever loaded the magazine
12:44is on the DNA database.
12:47Testing reveals the shooter
12:48is forensically aware
12:50and probably wore gloves.
12:52But experts are able
12:53to identify the make
12:55and model of the firearm.
12:56It's a 9mm Glock 19 pistol
12:59commonly used by gangs.
13:02We are seeing an increase
13:04in gun crime
13:05and we are seeing
13:06gang-related incidents
13:07occurring in inner cities.
13:09I think unfortunately
13:10we are going to see
13:11more incidents like this
13:14in the future.
13:15You're thinking about
13:16particular groups
13:16that are involved
13:17in criminality
13:18that are trying to
13:19protect that territory.
13:21They will use any means.
13:22Extreme violence
13:23is something that
13:24they need to do
13:25to demonstrate
13:26that nobody
13:27can't mess with them.
13:28That's the message
13:29that they want to send.
13:31The big thing for me
13:32is the signpost,
13:34the motive.
13:35And once you know
13:36what the signpost is,
13:37you're on your way
13:38to getting some
13:40explanation
13:42for what's happened.
13:44We'll be looking
13:45the lifestyle of Marnie.
13:49Police cordon off
13:50Marnie's home,
13:52looking for any possible
13:53connection to the shooter.
13:55He had to go through
13:56the whole house,
13:57you know.
13:58Then they had to come
13:59to my house
13:59because he'd stayed
14:00at my house.
14:02And they just would not
14:03let Keith run
14:03to the property at all
14:05to get anything.
14:06Keith had just run out
14:07like with just a T-shirt
14:09and trousers.
14:10And the police said
14:13we're not allowed
14:13into the house.
14:15Obviously,
14:15they need to search things
14:16because that's protocol
14:17of what they do,
14:18apparently.
14:20And then it was just
14:21her way that she screamed
14:22outside there
14:22that she weren't
14:23because it was her baby.
14:27Police will do
14:29whatever they can
14:30to be as empathetic
14:31as possible
14:32in circumstances.
14:33and most SIOs
14:36speak to the family
14:39through the FLO,
14:40the family agent officer.
14:42You're treading
14:43a very fine line.
14:46You want to catch
14:47the perpetrators,
14:48but you have to respect
14:51the wishes of the family.
14:53Police find nothing
14:54to lead them
14:55to Marnie's killer.
14:56The police investigated
14:58because that's part
14:59of what their job is
15:00because otherwise
15:01if they don't do that,
15:03when it comes to trial,
15:05the defence can say
15:06the victim of this
15:08was a criminal.
15:09I can say categorically,
15:11Marnie
15:12wasn't a criminal at all.
15:14He's certainly not
15:15a member of any gang.
15:19Obviously,
15:20it's nothing to find
15:21because it's nothing
15:21to do with Marnie
15:22because he was innocent
15:24amongst all this.
15:28Marnie was part
15:29of a close-knit family.
15:30That was his favourite time
15:33of all the family
15:34being together.
15:35So we were quite
15:36a close family.
15:37So we did everything
15:37together, really.
15:40He wanted us
15:41always to have a party.
15:43He loved all the new babies
15:44that came into the family.
15:46All the pictures,
15:47you always see Marnie
15:47cradling a baby.
15:49And then when he had
15:50his first little baby sister,
15:52he was definitely
15:53the big brother.
15:54and he would carry her
15:55everywhere and do
15:56everything with her.
15:57He adored her.
15:58Very, very protective.
16:02Marnie aspired to work
16:03as a mentor
16:04to children
16:04with additional needs,
16:06volunteering twice a week
16:07at a local youth centre.
16:09It's amazing with children.
16:11He's just had
16:11a soft side of him.
16:13He had Asperger's
16:14and ADHD
16:15and he was dyslexic.
16:18So he did struggle
16:19when he was younger.
16:21I've always been
16:22proud of Marnie
16:23because he's had
16:24obstacles obviously
16:25over the years
16:26with his trying to cope
16:27with his own disability.
16:29But yeah,
16:30always proud of Marnie.
16:34In need of a
16:35forensic breakthrough,
16:36CSIs examine
16:38the bullets and casings
16:39for unique markings.
16:42I'm now going to look
16:43at the end
16:44of the magnifying glass.
16:46The other things
16:46that you can find
16:47on cartridge cases
16:48and potentially on bullets
16:49are tool marks.
16:50You can also get
16:51some markings
16:52on the outside
16:53of the cartridge case
16:54and striation marks
16:55on the bullet as well.
16:56Now, striation marks
16:57have individual characteristics.
16:59That means there's
16:59something really quite unique
17:00about the markings on it.
17:02You may be able then
17:03to relate it back
17:04to a specific firearm.
17:06You're looking for
17:06any marks or damage
17:07or anything unusual
17:09on the end
17:09of this bullet casing.
17:12So you can see
17:13where the bullet's
17:14been fired.
17:15You can also see
17:16that there's
17:16a little bit of damage
17:18which may be replicated
17:19from the firing pin
17:21of the gun.
17:22They can be uploaded
17:23onto the database
17:25which in the UK
17:26we use IBIS
17:27which would potentially
17:28allow us to see
17:29if the perpetrator
17:30has used that weapon
17:31at any other incident
17:32in the last
17:3310 or more years.
17:36Using 3D microscopy,
17:39investigators photograph
17:40the bullets and casings
17:41and upload them to IBIS
17:43to compare their unique marks
17:45against other known
17:46firearm incidents.
17:48But the system
17:49draws a blank.
17:52Sometimes it's just
17:53irretrievable
17:54so you end up
17:54almost with a ghost gun
17:55that you can't ascertain
17:57where it's originated from.
17:58It can be really frustrating
18:00in an investigation
18:01if you have a really
18:02important piece of evidence
18:03and it's not matched
18:05on the database.
18:06You've got a killer
18:06on the loose
18:07that might strike again
18:08and you've got no way
18:09of identifying
18:10who that person is.
18:12A Section 60 order
18:14is put in place
18:15across the entirety
18:16of Islington
18:17and Camden
18:18granting police
18:20additional
18:20stop and search powers.
18:23Police are concerned
18:24that there might be
18:25repercussions
18:25in the area
18:27or there might be
18:27a further targeted attack.
18:31Having a Section 60
18:32will help the police
18:34in hopefully
18:35trying to identify
18:36if anyone has any weapons.
18:37if we find a weapon
18:39and potentially
18:39find a gun
18:40we might be able
18:41to link that back
18:42to our deceased.
18:45They would have put out
18:46extra patrols
18:47around the estate
18:49you know
18:49local officers
18:51speaking to members
18:52of the public
18:52to reassure them.
18:55Having lived in Islington
18:56his whole life
18:57Imani's senseless death
18:59rocks the local community.
19:02Everyone was devastated
19:03everyone knew Imani
19:03from the area.
19:04Yeah
19:06they had a lot of support.
19:08He was part of
19:09a really close-knit community
19:10so it can be
19:12extremely traumatic
19:13not only for the family members
19:14but also for his
19:15friends and neighbours
19:17to see what's happened.
19:19It hurts
19:20when a member of the community
19:22gets killed.
19:24Incidents like this
19:25send shockwaves
19:26through every single household.
19:28You've got many parents
19:28that are thinking
19:29could this mean
19:30my child next.
19:34Everyone was amazing
19:35and everybody
19:36just came forward
19:37as much information
19:38that they could give
19:39to the police.
19:41When the police
19:42commence
19:42a homicide investigation
19:44they look at
19:45intelligence
19:46that they can glean
19:47from speaking
19:48to the local community
19:49because a lot of people
19:50will come forward.
19:52People don't like
19:53people getting murdered
19:54on their doorsteps.
19:57Witnesses report
19:58seeing several men
19:59flee the scene
20:00including one
20:01on a motorbike.
20:03But with no clues
20:04to why Armani
20:05was targeted
20:06the team needs
20:07a forensic breakthrough.
20:09At the park
20:10searchers continue
20:11for the gun.
20:13There's obviously
20:13that element of danger
20:14because if there's
20:15a potential firearm
20:16on scene
20:17it may need
20:17to be made safe.
20:20We always look
20:21under vehicles
20:21in bushes
20:23on the ground.
20:24You could also
20:25consider getting
20:25a police dog
20:26that specialises
20:27in searching
20:28for weapons.
20:30They'll do a search
20:31of ways in
20:32and ways out
20:33in case someone's
20:34discarded a gun
20:35or they may have
20:36hidden it.
20:37Finding nothing
20:38at ground level
20:39they exhaust
20:40all avenues
20:41in search
20:41of a much needed lead.
20:44They'll even
20:44look in guttering
20:45around
20:46because people
20:47have been known
20:47to throw stuff
20:49onto roofs.
20:50Drains are searched
20:51by police search teams.
20:53Searching a drain
20:53can be a particularly
20:54messy job
20:55because there's
20:56a lot of
20:56debris that falls
20:57down into a drain
20:58so finding
20:59an item in a drain
21:00can be covered
21:01in quite a lot
21:02of gunk
21:02which then
21:03can obviously
21:03be detrimental
21:05to any fingerprints
21:06or evidence
21:07that might be
21:08on that item.
21:09If necessary
21:10we would have
21:11called the local
21:12council
21:12to suck up
21:13any water
21:14that might have
21:14been there
21:15and lo and behold
21:16they found
21:17a mobile phone.
21:19This wasn't
21:20covered in dirt
21:21that tended
21:22to suggest
21:23that phones
21:24have been placed
21:24there quite recently.
21:25The question is
21:26is that phone
21:27linked to this incident?
21:30This is another
21:31piece of the
21:32jug store.
21:36It'll be quite
21:37interesting to see
21:37if there's any
21:38fingerprints on this phone.
21:40The powder that I'm
21:40going to use
21:41on this surface
21:41because it's
21:42smooth and shiny
21:43is aluminium powder.
21:46Aluminium powder
21:46is really fine.
21:47It's the go-to
21:48powder of most
21:49CSIs.
21:54There's some
21:55very clear
21:56fingerprints
21:56on that surface.
21:58We use
21:58some lifting tape
22:00to get the marks
22:01off here.
22:02Then you just
22:03slowly rub
22:04the tape down
22:05onto the surface
22:06and then pull it off.
22:13Then the fingerprint
22:15is actually
22:15on this tape.
22:17digital experts
22:19also trace
22:20the phone's owner.
22:22It's found
22:23to be registered
22:24to a local man.
22:2635-year-old
22:27Demetrius Kiriakou.
22:31A police database
22:32check reveals
22:33that just two hours
22:35before Amani's murder,
22:37a crime report
22:38was filed
22:39after a witness
22:40saw Kiriakou
22:41being violently robbed
22:42by masked men.
22:46He had been robbed
22:48in Carville Street
22:49which isn't that
22:50far away
22:50from the scene.
22:52The phones
22:52in the drain
22:53were the proceeds
22:54of that robbery.
22:57It kind of
22:58makes you think
22:59that they may well
23:00be linked.
23:01I learned something
23:02as a young detective
23:03and that is
23:04presume nothing,
23:05check everything.
23:07Police head
23:07to Kiriakou's address.
23:09He tells them
23:10the men also
23:10stole his Rolex watch.
23:13Police asked
23:14if he knew
23:14the people
23:15that had done it
23:16and he said
23:16he didn't.
23:17He refused
23:18to really assist
23:19the police
23:20with any sort
23:21of investigation
23:22and said
23:23he didn't want to know.
23:24Now,
23:25that's suspicious
23:26in itself.
23:27Most
23:27Norobind people
23:29want to know.
23:30He becomes
23:30a person of interest.
23:31Police searching
23:45for the killer
23:46of aspiring
23:47youth worker
23:47Amani Aloua Muir
23:49are profiling
23:50Demetrius Kiriakou
23:52after recovering
23:53his stolen phone
23:54inside a drain
23:55at the crime scene.
23:58Intelligence finds
23:59he has a history
24:00of supplying
24:01large amounts
24:01of cannabis
24:02and cocaine
24:03to drug dealers.
24:07We're talking
24:08about inner city
24:09London
24:09and areas
24:11within London
24:12where you may
24:12see activity
24:13as it relates
24:14to drug dealing.
24:14You may see
24:15some activity
24:16where individuals
24:17are in beef
24:18and conflict
24:19with each other
24:19over territory,
24:21over pulse codes.
24:23Drug dealers
24:23get robbed
24:24by other people
24:26because they know
24:26they have access
24:27to cash and drugs
24:29and that's exactly
24:30what I think
24:31happened in this case.
24:33Clearly
24:33there's some sort
24:34of gangland feud here.
24:37With the stolen phone
24:38the only remaining lead
24:40from the crime scene,
24:41detectives need to determine
24:43if Kiriakou is linked
24:45to Amani's murder.
24:47But as investigations begin,
24:50the lack of any solid leads
24:52sees some media
24:53draw their own conclusions.
24:58It was put out there
24:59that a man in the morning
25:00was robbed of his Rolex
25:03and kind of betrayed
25:04that this young black boy
25:05had done it
25:06and he's got shot.
25:08Headlines
25:08which are so far
25:09from the facts
25:10it's unbelievable.
25:11He's on his way home.
25:12He doesn't want anything
25:13to do with it.
25:15He's an upstanding young man
25:16and they've sullied
25:17his reputation
25:18in front of his family
25:19when they're trying
25:21to remember him
25:21in the best possible light.
25:23It's unforgivable.
25:26They were very upset about it.
25:28It was kind of betrayed
25:29that he deserves it
25:29because he shouldn't have
25:30robbed, you know,
25:31the watch.
25:33He had nothing to do
25:34with anything.
25:36The impact of sensational stories
25:39really just exacerbates
25:41this idea about race.
25:43That when we have
25:43these conversations,
25:44typical scenario,
25:46young black male
25:47victim of gun violence,
25:49it's very easy
25:50for people to
25:51point the finger
25:53and make the assumption
25:54that the young black male
25:56that was the victim
25:57was involved in things.
25:59He didn't do the robbery
26:01because he was coming home
26:02from my end
26:03to North London
26:04and the police
26:05could track
26:06the whole of his
26:07journey over
26:08and where he'd went
26:09that day
26:09because of CCTV
26:11around the area.
26:12It's always young black boys
26:15and their lives
26:15don't matter.
26:16We kept trying
26:17to get it changed
26:18that Marnie's
26:20got nothing to do
26:20with it.
26:21But police are convinced
26:22Kiriakou's involved.
26:24He's lied about
26:25having his Rolex stolen
26:26to cover up
26:27that they took his drugs
26:28and his phone
26:29with the numbers
26:29of his buyers.
26:31They can't
26:32really get to
26:34the root
26:34of the murder.
26:35There's lots
26:36of circumstantial evidence
26:38pointing to him
26:40as a person of interest.
26:41With Kiriakou
26:43refusing to talk
26:44investigators
26:45look into his movements
26:46at the time
26:47of Marnie's murder.
26:49Digital forensics
26:50these days
26:51is one of the
26:52main lines
26:53of inquiry
26:54in any major incident.
26:55You leave a footprint
26:57wherever you go.
26:59Once you have
26:59a mobile phone
27:00and have the
27:00cell site data
27:01you can map out
27:02their network.
27:03But it's not
27:04overnight.
27:05It will take
27:06maybe weeks.
27:07It's no point
27:08just having
27:09data.
27:11You need
27:11to be able
27:12to understand it
27:13and interpret it.
27:15Police also
27:16hunt down
27:17Kiriakou's attackers.
27:19They were driving
27:20a black BMW.
27:22It's really important
27:23for police
27:23to try and track
27:24that vehicle.
27:25There may be
27:25vital forensic evidence
27:27inside that vehicle
27:28that will help
27:29with the police investigation.
27:32Using ANPR
27:33and CCTV
27:34police follow
27:35the car's movements
27:36after the robbery.
27:37That car
27:40turned out
27:41to be
27:42stolen.
27:44The car
27:44travels south
27:45towards the
27:45Westbourne estate
27:46and parks up
27:48close to the
27:48murder scene.
27:50Now
27:50call me
27:51old-fashioned
27:52but I don't
27:52believe in
27:53coincidences.
27:54Police
27:55treated that
27:56as a
27:56secondary
27:56murder scene.
28:00The vehicle
28:01is always
28:01taken away
28:02to a garage
28:02so that it
28:03can be examined
28:04in a clean,
28:05dry environment.
28:07This helps
28:08to preserve
28:08any evidence.
28:12We check
28:13the boot
28:14of the vehicle,
28:15the glove box,
28:16any hiding
28:17places within
28:17that car.
28:19CSIs
28:20will be looking
28:20for any fingerprint
28:21and DNA evidence.
28:22You could also
28:23be looking
28:23for potential
28:24fibre evidence
28:25on the vehicle
28:26car seats.
28:26The fact
28:29that the vehicle
28:29has been stolen
28:30means that
28:31there's a huge
28:31amount of
28:32evidence in
28:32that vehicle
28:33that may not
28:34be related
28:34to any
28:35incident at all.
28:36There may be
28:37a lot of
28:37innocent
28:37persons'
28:39fingerprints
28:39and DNA
28:40and detritus
28:41within that car
28:42that's not
28:43relevant to
28:43any police
28:44investigation.
28:54Eight weeks
28:55on from
28:56his tragic
28:56murder,
28:58200 people
28:59come together
28:59to celebrate
29:00Imani's life.
29:03It was a
29:03beautiful
29:04send-off
29:04for Imani,
29:05a very sad
29:06send-off.
29:08Everyone
29:08came to
29:09the house
29:09and we
29:09had Imani's
29:11body brought
29:12out outside
29:13the flat
29:14from the
29:15carriage
29:15and so
29:16everyone
29:17could be
29:17around
29:17and see
29:18him
29:18and touch
29:18him.
29:22There
29:23were hundreds
29:24of people
29:24there
29:25from the
29:26local
29:26community,
29:27from the
29:27local
29:28estate,
29:29friends and
29:30family.
29:31This had
29:32far-reaching
29:32consequence.
29:33we all
29:37marched from
29:38there to
29:39the local
29:40church and
29:40had the
29:41service and
29:42then we
29:42went up to
29:43the cemetery.
29:46Knowing that
29:47he's never
29:47coming back,
29:48it's like the
29:49final,
29:51terrible,
29:52heartbreaking.
29:56Just miss him
29:57every day.
29:58Still talk to him
29:59like he's still
29:59coming home.
30:00my blessed
30:00grandson.
30:10Determined to get
30:11justice for Imani's
30:13family,
30:14suspicions about
30:15Demetrius Kiriakou's
30:16involvement are
30:17growing.
30:19Digital experts
30:20combing through
30:20his phone data
30:21have found that
30:22in the seconds
30:23after he was
30:23robbed,
30:24he contacted
30:25several associates.
30:26one of his
30:28cocaine suppliers,
30:30James Nicholson,
30:31Darren Dredge,
30:33a cannabis
30:33dealer,
30:35Matthew Hardy,
30:36a lower-ranking
30:37foot soldier,
30:38and Nathaniel
30:40Reese,
30:40who has 35
30:41prior drugs
30:42and burglary
30:43convictions.
30:45Over the next
30:46hour,
30:47the men gather
30:47at Kiriakou's
30:48address on the
30:49Six Acres
30:50estate.
30:50They all
30:52met up,
30:53which is
30:53supported by
30:54digital
30:56communications
30:56from their
30:57mobile phones.
30:58They're all
30:58cell-sided
30:59in the same
31:00area.
31:02Suspecting
31:03they're plotting
31:03something,
31:05experts make a
31:06sinister discovery.
31:08At 2.34
31:09p.m.,
31:10Kiriakou uses
31:11an app to
31:12locate his
31:12stolen phone.
31:14He's turned
31:15on Find My
31:17Phone,
31:17tracked his
31:18own phone.
31:19Using the
31:21app,
31:21the men
31:22zero in
31:22on the
31:23play area
31:23on the
31:24Westbourne
31:24estate.
31:27Now,
31:27we have a
31:28possible motive.
31:29The motive
31:29being
31:30revenge
31:32for a
31:33robbery.
31:34Revenge
31:34attacks are
31:34simple.
31:36You hit me,
31:37I hit you.
31:38You disrespect
31:39me,
31:39I disrespect
31:40you back.
31:41We're talking
31:41about status
31:42here.
31:43It's the
31:44fact that
31:44an individual
31:45feels that
31:46he's shamed.
31:48They want
31:48to go back
31:49at the
31:49quickest
31:50moment to
31:51make
31:51individuals
31:52know that
31:52they can't
31:53be messed
31:53with and
31:54this can't
31:54happen again.
31:55And then it
31:55becomes a
31:56spiral of
31:57violence.
31:58Having
31:59located his
32:00stolen phone,
32:0115 minutes
32:02later,
32:03the men
32:03are on the
32:04move.
32:07Hardy,
32:08Dredge,
32:09and Nicholson
32:09head towards
32:10the Westbourne
32:11estate,
32:12parking up
32:13near to where
32:13the stolen
32:14phone has
32:14been located.
32:16Rhys and
32:17Kiriakou travel
32:18in the opposite
32:19direction towards
32:20Stroud Green.
32:22Police suspect
32:23it's here they
32:24picked up the
32:24gun from an
32:25associate.
32:26Minutes later,
32:27phone data shows
32:28Rhys and Kiriakou
32:30are back on the
32:31road.
32:32AMPR shows them
32:33going into the
32:34Westbourne estate.
32:36CCTV footage
32:38supports that.
32:40With Dredge,
32:41Hardy,
32:41and Nicholson
32:42in position as
32:43lookouts,
32:44Amani enters
32:45the play area.
32:46Seconds later,
32:48Kiriakou and
32:48Rhys park up
32:49on Bride Street.
32:51As Amani stops
32:52to watch the
32:53football,
32:54the men see
32:55the black car
32:55that was used
32:56in the robbery.
32:58See the black
32:59BMW,
33:00put two and
33:01two together.
33:02The scouts
33:03spot the men
33:03who committed
33:04the robbery
33:04in the play area.
33:06On the warpath,
33:07Kiriakou and Rhys
33:09head down the
33:09alleyway.
33:10They see Amani
33:11and wrongly
33:12assume he's
33:13involved.
33:22They shoot an
33:23innocent boy.
33:24It was a young
33:25man in the wrong
33:26place at the
33:27wrong time who
33:28had his life
33:29cruelly taken
33:30from him.
33:32That was very
33:33difficult knowing
33:34Amani was a
33:35mistaken identity
33:36and he was
33:38innocent.
33:39And all this
33:40for nothing.
33:42And his life
33:43mattered,
33:43especially to us.
33:46It was very
33:47rare to hear
33:47innocent people
33:48getting caught up
33:49in a crossfire
33:50as it relates
33:51to gangs.
33:51But let's think
33:52about it in
33:53terms of proximity.
33:54When those beef
33:54and conflicts
33:55spill out into
33:56the wider
33:57community,
33:58that's when we
33:59start to see
33:59the ripple effect
34:00of violence.
34:02And unfortunately,
34:03the young man,
34:04Amani,
34:04that was there
34:05at that
34:06particular time
34:06felt the brute
34:07force of the
34:09anger that came
34:10from those
34:10individuals.
34:12Absolutely
34:13devastating,
34:14particularly
34:14someone so
34:15young.
34:16It's an
34:16absolute
34:17travesty.
34:19Having somebody
34:20open fire where
34:21there's potentially
34:22high number of
34:23children around
34:24really does show
34:24something about
34:25the perpetrator
34:26in question.
34:27Their morals and
34:28their lack of care
34:29and compassion
34:30for others.
34:31The five men
34:33are arrested
34:34on suspicion of
34:35murder.
34:36The digital evidence
34:37putting them on
34:38the spot is
34:39pretty damning.
34:40The suspects
34:41were in constant
34:42communication with
34:43each other prior
34:44to and post
34:46the offence
34:46occurring.
34:47That is a
34:47conspiracy in as
34:49much that it was
34:49a common goal
34:51to commit that
34:52murder.
34:53All deny having
34:55anything to do
34:56with Amani's
34:56murder.
34:58They claim they
34:59only met up to
35:00check Kiriakou
35:01was okay after
35:02being robbed
35:02before going out
35:04to deal drugs.
35:05The team still
35:07needs evidence
35:07that proves beyond
35:08doubt that they
35:09arrived at the
35:10scene armed and
35:11intending to kill.
35:13Murder investigations
35:15go up to the
35:17day the
35:18prosecution ends.
35:19You can still
35:20dig up evidence.
35:21Having so many
35:22offenders on a
35:23case like this is
35:23a huge amount of
35:24evidence.
35:25There's a huge
35:26amount of cross
35:27referencing between
35:28the offenders who
35:29did what, when
35:30did they do it,
35:31corroborating their
35:32stories, any
35:33mobile phone
35:33downloads.
35:34So having more
35:35than one offender
35:36at a crime scene,
35:37that's a big job.
35:39Police secure
35:40warrants to search
35:41the men's
35:41addresses.
35:42At Kiriakou's,
35:44several mobile
35:45phones are seized.
35:47When digital
35:48forensics interpret
35:49one of the mobile
35:50phones, they find
35:51an image in the
35:52photographs.
35:53It's a huge piece
35:54evidence, and if
35:56you put it all
35:56together, it's
35:58starting to show
35:58that he was the
36:00catalyst for all
36:01this.
36:02Motifs are a
36:04number of things,
36:04can be monetary,
36:06power, territory,
36:08and in this case,
36:08it's revenge.
36:09They found a
36:22photograph of what
36:24they believe to be
36:25the murder weapon.
36:26He'd taken a
36:27photograph of it.
36:28Having a forensic
36:29scientist look at that
36:29photograph would help
36:31to identify if that was
36:32potentially the gun that
36:33was used.
36:33The photograph does
36:35appear to be a
36:36semi-automatic 9mm
36:37calibre pistol, and
36:39the cartridge retrieved
36:40from the incident was
36:41also a 9mm and has the
36:43right sort of firing
36:44pin mark.
36:45The firearms expert
36:46actually said, as did
36:48the pathologist, having
36:49seen the gunshot wounds,
36:51that is likely the type
36:52of gun that would have
36:53been used to shoot
36:55the Marnie.
36:56It must be quite
36:57frustrating in this
36:58investigation to never
36:59find the weapon, and
37:00almost finding a
37:01photograph is second
37:02best.
37:03You imagine that
37:03evidence in front of
37:04the jury, it's very
37:06powerful.
37:09Kiriakou insists the
37:11gun isn't his, and
37:12wasn't used to kill
37:13Marnie.
37:16But in an ID parade,
37:18witnesses from the
37:19scene identify Nathaniel
37:21Rees as the angry man
37:22with the black gun.
37:25This is an individual
37:26that has been living a
37:27particular lifestyle for
37:28many, many years, and
37:30would have built a
37:31particular reputation.
37:33These behaviours of
37:34criminality, violence,
37:36would have desensitised
37:37him.
37:38Empathy and sympathy
37:39towards victims would
37:41have been something that
37:42would have been pushed
37:42to the side.
37:44All five men are charged
37:46with murder.
37:47We've had a march to the old
38:01Bailey, screaming out
38:02justice for Marnie, because
38:03we wanted to make sure the
38:04perpetrators all got caught
38:06and would go away.
38:08That was our aim, and our
38:10fight for Marnie.
38:11The trial was very long-winded.
38:19I had to be there every day
38:20to know exactly what
38:21happened.
38:23It was hard to face them.
38:24Some days you didn't want to
38:25look at them, but you
38:27needed to see them and
38:29stare them in the eye and let
38:30them know your pain.
38:31The prosecution sets out the
38:33evidence, showing how
38:35Marnie's tragic death
38:36unfolded.
38:42The echoing of the bullets
38:44around the courtroom, I
38:46could hear Keith's light
38:47breathing and trying to
38:50hold back her tears and all
38:51that.
38:52It's very difficult.
38:53We were told that she has to
38:54move herself because she might
38:56sway the jury by being upset.
39:00You weren't allowed to show
39:02any emotions, so it made you
39:04very angry.
39:06The men continue to claim
39:08they're not Marnie's killers,
39:10but on the second day of the
39:12trial, Rhys makes a dramatic
39:14U-turn, pleading guilty to
39:17pulling the trigger.
39:20I've only ever had one
39:23murderer plead guilty in my
39:24entire career, and I've
39:26investigated loads of
39:28murders.
39:29He was so disgusted knowing
39:31he shot an innocent,
39:33young boy.
39:35Kiriakou's defense team
39:37insists he didn't know he
39:39was armed.
39:40He claims the photo on his
39:42phone is of a firearm
39:43belonging to Rhys.
39:46But the data shows it was
39:48taken three weeks before
39:49Marnie's murder, when Rhys
39:51wasn't with him.
39:53So to the jury, you can prove
39:55that he's a liar, that his
39:57account or his narrative can't
39:59be relied upon.
40:00Offenders are aware of DNA
40:03and fingerprints.
40:04You cannot live in this world
40:06now without leaving some kind
40:08of digital footprint.
40:10Kiriakou is also found guilty
40:13of Imani's murder.
40:15His motive for this was
40:17revenge and hate.
40:19Little doubt about that at all.
40:20In fact, the judge alluded to
40:22that and he's summing up.
40:24Dredge, Hardy and Nicholson
40:26are convicted of manslaughter.
40:30Ahead of sentencing,
40:32Keitha describes the
40:33catastrophic impact of
40:34losing Imani.
40:36The day you took Imani,
40:38you not only destroyed his
40:39life, but that of four
40:41children.
40:42My children lost their
40:42brother, but also lost their
40:44mum.
40:44A mum who was once filled with
40:46such happiness and joy, and
40:47now to just see me crying,
40:49sad, lost and yearning for
40:51my son.
40:52My little girl thinks it's
40:53a normal thing to do, to be
40:55in a cemetery every day, as
40:57she was only one when Imani
40:58was murdered.
40:59The pain we feel is
41:00unimaginable.
41:02Imani was the glue to our
41:03family and loved by so many.
41:05We did not choose this path
41:06of darkness and sorrow, where
41:08every cell in your body aches.
41:11The 4th of July will haunt me
41:13for the rest of my life.
41:14Every time I close my eyes, all
41:16I see is my son's lifeless
41:17body covered in blood.
41:18The panic, fear, and pain my
41:21poor child must have gone
41:22through.
41:23I know by the route he had
41:25run, he was trying to make
41:26his way home to me.
41:29Until you've lost a child, you
41:30will never understand how hard
41:32and painful a child is to sit
41:33through and remain composed.
41:36To see graphic photos of my son
41:38and hear of his final moments,
41:41and expect it to show no emotion,
41:43when every day I was just
41:44screaming inside.
41:45Having to hear my son's name
41:47being called by so many people
41:49who had never even met him
41:50or knew him.
41:52To them, he was just another
41:54murder case, just another job
41:55to attend.
41:56Imani is my baby.
41:59I feel none of the eight
42:00defendants showed any remorse
42:01or compassion for Imani,
42:03myself or his family.
42:05Despite them knowing Imani was
42:07not responsible for any part of
42:08the robbery that took place,
42:10losing Imani has affected me in
42:12so many ways as a woman,
42:14a mother and a human being.
42:17Most days I barely recognize
42:18myself.
42:20My son should be here.
42:22Imani loved life so much.
42:24I will never get to see my son
42:26have children, a wife, a career.
42:29I feel as though I've been handed
42:30the life sentence, not them.
42:33Imani will be forever missed,
42:35loved and remembered,
42:36and our hearts will be forever
42:37broken until we are back with
42:39our precious Imani.
42:41I love you, my son.
42:48Following Kiefer's powerful
42:50statement, Rhys asks for no
42:52reduction to his sentence for
42:54pleading guilty.
42:57I think he realized what an evil
43:01thing he had actually done.
43:04They actually felt Kiefer's pain.
43:06Rhys and Kiriakou are sentenced to
43:1033 and 31 years for murder and
43:13supplying drugs.
43:16Dredge and Hardy are found guilty
43:18of manslaughter for acting as
43:19scouts.
43:21They're sentenced to 10 and 7 and a
43:23half years.
43:26Nicholson is sentenced to 13 years
43:29for getting rid of the gun.
43:30Everyone loves Marnie.
43:43Everyone.
43:44You can see the people that come up
43:45to the cemetery on special
43:46occasions.
43:48We all have our birthdays up there.
43:49We always cut a cake with Marnie.
43:52So he's part of it.
43:53And when a new baby's born, the
43:55baby's taken up there, have a
43:56picture with him, you know, because
43:59that's what he was wanted, was a
44:00child.
44:05He really wanted to be a father.
44:08And he got robbed of that.
44:10Robbed of everything that he wanted
44:11to do.
44:12Wanted to travel.
44:14Pass his driving test.
44:17But his main thing was to be a
44:18father.
44:20Just miss him every day.
44:24We talk about him all the time at
44:25home.
44:25What laughs we used to have.
44:28What joy we had with him.
44:32That's Marnie.
44:33Beautiful soul.
44:34Beautiful soul.
44:34That's Marnie.
44:42That's Marnie.
44:43That's Marnie.
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44:45That's Marnie.
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44:58That's Marnie.
44:59That's Marnie.
45:00That's Marnie.
45:01That's Marnie.
45:02That's Marnie.
45:03That's Marnie.
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