![]() Last month, four men received sentences totalling more than 50 years after the man had boiling water poured over him, a dog set on him and was jumped on repeatedly until he passed out.Ĭharlie Saunter, 23, William O'Brien, 20, Kai Haruna, 20, and Sam Secord, 30, all appeared at Maidstone Crown Court. He'd been lured to the property in Gravesend after warning his friend about a local drug dealer known as CJ who had been cuckooing his friend's home. Top left, Sam Secord, top right, William O'Brien, bottom left, Kai Haruna and bottom right, Charlie Saunter. ![]() The victim was knifed multiple times in the throat, cheek and face as the thugs threatened to "pop his eye out". Sam Secord, William O'Brien, Kai Haruna and Charlie SaunterĪ twisted drugs gang filmed the moment they stripped a man naked, tied him to a chair, stabbed him and set him alight with an aerosol can flame thrower. Wallace, who was known to Mr Thomas-Johnson, inflicted the violence after a row broke out at a late-night gathering, jurors heard last year.Īrmed with a “metal rod with sharpened edges,” Wallace jammed the handle into his victim’s eye, before the violence intensified, prosecutor Martin Yale said. Handing down a nine-year prison sentence last month, Judge Simon James labelled the assault a “violent and sustained attack with a highly dangerous weapon.” Mr Thomas-Johnson told the court in an impact statement he had suffered flashbacks, feelings of isolation, and considered leaving the country following his ordeal. ![]() The 49-year-old went on trial at Canterbury Crown Court in November accused of attempting to murder Joshi Thomas-Johnson.īut jurors cleared the D Suga Hut chef of the charge, instead convicting him of the lesser charge of wounding with intent. Raymond Wallace was jailed for nine years. All rights reserved.Raymond Wallace, of Margate, rained blows on delivery driver Joshi Thomas-Johnson when a gathering at flats in his hometown turned sour. (The-CNN-Wire & 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. "There is no greater pain than that of a family that loses its children or grandchildren, even more so in an act of violence against innocent and defenseless children," Lula wrote on Twitter. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also gave his condolences. "May God comfort the hearts of all families in this time of deep sorrow," he said. Mello expressed his solidarity with the victims. He fled after teachers came to the children's defense, and later turned himself into police, according to the official. Jorginho Mello, the governor of the state of Santa Catarina, said on Twitter that a male suspect has been arrested.Ī police officer told CNN Brazil that the suspect, age 25, is understood to have jumped over a wall into the playground of the Cantinho Bom Pastor day care center, before attacking the children. Those killed - three boys and a girl - were between the ages of 5 and 7, local police say. Four children have been killed and four more injured in an ax attack at a day care center in the southern Brazilian city of Blumenau.īRAZIL - Four children have been killed and four more injured in an ax attack at a day care center in the southern Brazilian city of Blumenau.
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