A 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.
