Tottenham-Edmonton rival gangs guilty of revenge stabbing (From Haringey Independent)

Tottenham-Edmonton rival gangs guilty of revenge stabbing

11:38am Tuesday 24th November 2009

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THREE teenage members of a Tottenham gang were found guilty of the attempted murder of a rival Edmonton gang member on Monday.

Samson Ogundipe, 19, of Princess Avenue, Enfield, Tion Miller, 18, and Jermaine Nimoh, 20, both of Tottenham, were all members of a group calling themselves the Northumberland Park(NPK) who take their name from the Haringey ward.

Jerome Bruce-de-Rouche was stabbed six times outside Bar Ab, in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire last July.

He nearly died from the attack and his injuries left him with a lacerated liver and collapsed lung.

On Monday, St Albans Crown Court heard that Mr Bruce-de-Rouche, who was associated with N9 group the Edmonton Shankstarz, was on the run from the NPK after being involved in a street fight against them in 2007.

He had been assaulted three times by NPK members in the space of a month in early 2008.

This led him to flee to relatives in Trinidad for several months, only returning to his family in Edmonton the day of his attack on July 5 2008.

That evening he was seen by NPK members in the bar. They then ordered two taxis to take 12 people to Waltham Cross shortly after midnight.

A witness heard someone say: "There's some youths outside for Smallman" - the victim's nickname because he was short.

Prosecutor Brian O'Neill described how Mr Bruce-de-Rouche was cornered down a dead end road after escaping from the rear of the bar.

He said: "Two of them were holding knives in their hands. One was about the length and shape of a kitchen knife, the other he described as a flick knife.

"He also noticed that one of the group had on a purple bandana. Many of these groups have a particular colour associated with them. Purple is the colour of the NPK."

A baseball cap and a bandana were later found at the scene and tested for DNA. DNA on the bandana linked it to Ogundipe and a blood stain tested positive for the DNA of Timon Miller, said the prosecutor.

The trio, who were remanded in custody, will be sentenced on December 22 by Judge Michael Baker QC.

Shaun Edwards, 19, of Trulock Road, Haringey, Reiko Miller, 19, of Avondale Crescent, Enfield and Dwayne Mattison, 18, of Curzon Avenue, Enfield, were all cleared by the jury of attempted murder and an alternative charge of wounding with intent.

Read the details of the first clash between the feuding gangs that fuelled the revenge attack here

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