Man who killed boy in play park jailed for 35 years

Man who killed boy in play park jailed for 35 yearsTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Murderer filmed with gun in street chasePublished19 minutes agoA man who shot dead a 15-year-old boy in a children's play area during a family music festival in west London has been jailed for at least 35 years.Teenager Rene Graham was killed at Emslie Horniman's Pleasance Park in Ladbroke Grove on 21 July 2024. A second person escaped injury after Aderahman Boumzough fled the scene when his gun jammed, which he later rapped about.The 25-year-old, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court after being found guilty of murder and attempted murder of another man.Judge Simon James described Boumzough's actions as "callous and cold-blooded" and Graham as someone who had "his whole life to realise his dreams and aspirations."Following the shooting Graham's mother, Janay John-Francois, appealed for information. She said: "I cannot begin to describe the depth of my pain after losing my precious angel.""I cannot begin to describe the depth of my pain after losing my precious angel."The emptiness and heartbreak, there are no words that can capture the agony of my loss."More than a year passed before Boumzough was arrested and charged. A £20,000 reward had been posted by police for information leading to his arrest. Image source, Metropolitan PoliceImage caption, Aderahman Boumzough was "proud and boastful" about his crimes, the judge saidCCTV footage showed Boumzough calmly approaching the children's play area before firing a single shot.Further footage showed him chasing and attempting to shoot a man but the gun jammed and he fled.His phone was found to contain a video of him appearing to rap about the firearm jamming, saying: "Don't you hate it when your ting jams? I was prepared to take soul, but Allah ha...