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Metropolitan Police handoutA man has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a 14-year-old schoolboy with a samurai sword in east London.
Marcus Monzo fatally wounded Daniel Anjorin minutes after leaving his home in Hainault on 30 April last year. The 37-year-old also injured five more people, including two police officers, during a 20-minute rampage.
Passing sentence at the Old Bailey, Judge Mr Justice Bennathan said Monzo inflicted an “unsurvivable wound” to Daniel as he walked to school.
Judge Mr Justice Bennathan ordered Monzo to serve at least 38 years in prison.
The judge told Monzo: “Your choosing to consume cannabis over months and days – was the dominant cause of your state that day.
“You had some warning of its adverse effect on you, you knew it made you paranoid and at least led to panic attacks.”
He added that his sentence was mitigated by his “previous good character” but that it was limited by his use of “unlawful drugs over the years”.
As well as being sentenced for murdering Daniel, Monzo was also sentenced for multiple other counts which were three counts of attempted murder, two counts of wounding with intent to cause GBH, aggravated burglary and having a bladed article in a public place.
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