Joel and his friends were walking before they were ambushed by a group in a packed car who chased and stabbed the Nigerian.
15 year-old Nigerian, Joel Adesina died from injury sustained through a stab to the stomach.
Joel Adesina was an 'Ambitious' and 'hard-working' teenager who was talented enough to play professionally in the topflight of the English football league.
As reported on Daily Mail,
he was stabbed in the stomach during a late-night row on Friday night
last week in Bethnal Green, East London after Joel and his friends were
ambushed while taking a walk and were chased into a housing estate where
he was stabbed.
He was rushed to the hospital where he died three hours later into Saturday morning.
An 18 year-old suspect was arrested but later released with no further action to be taken.
Neighbours
and manager of the teenager’s football team described him a gentle
young boy who never stayed out late as he was mostly seen returning home
in his football kits
Joel as a winger was ‘’as good as gold'' and talented enough to play professionally,’ his coach at Bardag FC Yellows, Ricky Downes said.
‘’To say that myself and the club are devastated is an understatement, we are absolutely in bits.
‘’Joel was a wonderful young lad who had the world at his feet.
‘’He
was a very talented footballer and had ambitions of playing
professionally. I think he had a future in the sport and could have
played for a living.
‘’He was a very
talented footballer and had ambitions of playing professionally. I think
he had a future in the sport and could have played for a living.
‘’There
was something about Joel that touched me and his death is totally
unexpected. He never gave me any inkling that he was involved in gangs
or anything like that.
‘’He was cheeky, bubbly, and a thoroughly likeable young man,’’ 55 year-old Mr Downes added.
Police
report has it that Joel and his friends were walking, possibly home,
when they were confronted by a group in a parked car; they were chased
by the group into a housing estate where neighbours say they heard ‘screaming and shouting’. Joel was cornered and stabbed.
‘’Police were called by London Ambulance Service to Bethnal Green Road, E2, at 23:04hrs on Friday, 5 December.
‘’Officers attended and found a 15-year-old boy suffering from serious stab injuries to the abdomen.
‘’The boy was taken by London Ambulance Service to an east London hospital.
‘’Anyone
who may have witnessed this altercation or have information which could
assist the investigation is asked to contact the police as soon as
possible.’’
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