The Darkness

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Jodie Chesney was stabbed to death just a few weeks before their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award, Two teenagers were sentenced for the murder of teenage girl scout Jodie Chesney, who was from the ambush of a drug dealer who kept them for a rival. She was stabbed to death while you just sit with friends in an East London park.

Friday Night , college, out, and Jodie is happy to spend time with your friends. It was all planned - she would meet The Group at Amy's Park in Harold Hill , Romford. It would take you to listen to music and relax after a busy week.

The 17-year-old had spoken to her father, Peter Chesney, That tomorrow will be the 1. March. It was his birthday.

"you put your head to The Stairs and wished me a happy birthday," says Peter. "You said That my gift would arrive in The Post the next day - and the you, sorry, it was late. "

Closing the door behind him, he could never know, That would be The Last time he would see his daughter alive.

Jodie with the Purple hair sitting on a bench in the house, which he shared with his two daughters and his partner, Joanne, Peter of the wings, a Shrine to look at the pictures of Jodie at the top of perfect on the instrument, she loved playing so much.

the memory of the "shy little girl" to grow up, Peter says That his daughter had started to play piano in the school.

"they played really well. She loved to play classical music like Ludovico Einaudi and Beethoven. "

Jodie loved the color Purple - she even dyed her hair That color, on different occasions.

your principal of Havering Sixth Form College, Paul period of inactivity during the', says those Who Knew Jodie knew That you were an "incredibly funny," a young girl.

"it was very peculiar and different, As Is obvious, by your hair colors. She was artistic and a loving and caring student. "

education is important Jodie was and would "always want to be well", her father.

"she loved the school and their subjects. She was in The Middle of studying for her A-levels in photography, psychology and sociology.

"photography was her favorite. She would often go down to The South Bank on your own and take pictures. "

to help her Best Friend Clarice Sharp, 18, describes Jodie, are you out of your shell.

"I was an introvert," she says. "But when I met Jodie, you made it clear to me That The World was a great place To Live .

"We go shopping together or go to the cinema. We love pizza. I can't even think of the pizza to eat now without it, how would we fight to The Last disc. "

A determination of The Most out of life also saw Jodie, she with The Girl scouts.

Pride finder, carry your path to uniform, Jodie did not have long her Bronze and silver Duke of Edinburgh's award completed.

"Jodie was a beautiful person whose life was cut short, as she was just blossoming into a wonderful young woman," Peter says.

she was weeks away from completing her Gold Award, before she was stabbed.

1. March, 2019At 21:20, on 1. In March, Jodie and her friends were sitting in their night in Amy's Park, on a bench, listening to music and Smoking cannabis.

"It's a normal Friday Night , it was said," Clarice. "A lot of laughing and joking.

"Earlier That Day , we were just chatting about make-up and a pair of boots she had just bought. "

It was dark for some time, when Jodie's friend Eddie Coyle, noticed two figures out of the dark at you.

Jodie was sitting on a bench-table with his back to them.

Within a few minutes, turned calm in the chaos for teenagers and their friends.

Jodie was stabbed in the attack in the back in an unprovoked and almost silent, we know That now.

collapsed to the ground. The Knife came within a Millimeter of completely passed through your body.

During The Trial , Mr Coyle, said the Old Bailey jury Jodie had "screamed", in shock.

"she didn't know what was going to happen. We only think That they stole our Luggage, had said," the 18-year-old.

"But then she started to scream constantly, very loud, and it lasted for about two minutes straight.

"Then she began to faint. At This Time , the fall of the Bank. "

It was only when he shone with his iPhone torch to Jodie's, he realized how badly hurt you had been.

The white lining of your Burgundy denim jacket was full of blood.

He would later learn That Jodie's was wound 18cm deep, and in your right lung, causing heavy bleeding.

As her attacker fled The Scene , a local resident, heard the screams, ran to help and called 999.

When an ambulance arrived at 21:30, Jodie showed no sign of life.

The Call to Jodie's father, Peter, described his daughter as "proud geek", celebrated his birthday at Dirty Martini in Central London , as his brother, Dave Chesney, received the news of Jodie's injury.

"My brother got a call to say That The Police were on the way to pick me up, because Jodie has been attacked," he says.

"As you can imagine, I was shocked deeply. One minute I'm laughing, the next minute Jodie was attacked. "

The Police said Peter took him, a mile to the North Of The Royal London Hospital , Whitechapel, to see Jodie.

Peter has never been to the hospital and not Jodie.

Although the doctors during Emergency Surgery En Route to the hospital, Jodie was pronounced. dead at 22:26 in the forecourt of the Esso petrol station in Gants Hill, Ilford

"I have heard said over the radio to someone, to tell you, redirect you to My House , because Jodie gone," Peter.

"In That moment I lost my composure and fell to the knee. I cried all the way home. "

in The Night , the members of Jodie's family to offer their way to Peter's house to support.

"got fences punched, people were said angry And Then sad, And Then not understand what was going on," Peter.

"There, And Then My Life fell apart.

"she died, but there was no reason why she died. "

The study, Purple ribbons were tied to the bollards outside the Old Bailey on The Morning of Jodie Chesney 's murder trial, It is a miserable rainy Monday Morning was at 16. September 2019, The First day of an eight-week study with two teenagers and two men Jodie accused' s murder.

It is a 13-mile journey from Peter's home in East London at the Old Bailey, although it is years felt like an eternity for the 39 -.

on the way he overtook the kids school wear uniforms on bicycles on the way to Jodie's Old School .

Svensson Ong-a-Kwie was a known drug dealer in the Harold Hill and Collier Row areas of East London The taxi through the rush-hour traffic from Dagenham in The City - a route That Peter often uses for his work commute.

This trip, however, had a completely different feeling.

to Speak on this day, a nervous Peter said: "This is the First Time That I meet face-to-face with the suspect. You Make Me want to destroy you. But I must control myself.

"I just want to know why. Why Jodie? It has absolutely nothing to anyone. "

police Met with Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick , The Scene was visited, where Jodie Chesney was stabbed, The Public gallery was Packed with members of Jodie's family and friends, all wearing a Purple ribbon in your memory.

, Outside the Old Bailey, Purple ribbons were tied to posts and pillars, to remind passers-by of The Tragedy .

Peter sat in the courtyard and heard the persons involved in his daughter the murder of any participation in, to deny.

It was too much for him to visit every day.

"It was just to kill me. Someone said to me, why I was putting myself through this?" he said.

But One Day , to visit Peter, was to listen to Ong-a-Kwie is the proof.

The 19-year-old told The Jury That he was driven by Harold Hill on the evening of the 1. March, to drop off drugs.

Svensson Ong-a-Kwie disposed of its trainers was killed on The Morning after Jodie, But The Jury heard how Ong-a-Kwie was in search of a rival drug dealer, who is the encroachment on his turf was.

CCTV footage of the defendant and his 17-year-old accomplice was shown to The Jury . A expert, completed Ong-a-Kwie holding an object at waist height, the reflected light.

The Prosecution claimed That this was a knife, while Ong-a-Kwie claimed it was his cell phone.

cell site evidence, Ong-a-Kwie was off the phone minutes was stabbed demonstrated in front of Jodie.

The Prosecution claimed That he mistook Jodie and her friends, like its rivals, stabbing Jodie in an "unprovoked ambush".

Ong-a-Kwie insisted, it was his 17-year-old co-defendant, had stabbed Jodie in The Night .

But witness statements from Jodie's friends proved to be The Killer was a dark-skinned large man in a tracksuit, which stood on the Bank, before swinging a knife into The Innocent girl's back.

Jodie's friend, Eddie Coyle, was added to A Witness during the hearing of His movements after the murder, the suspicion. He burned his clothes, dumped his coach and threw his iPhone in a container.

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Source of news: bbc.com