A man has been jailed for at least 40 years after being convicted of murdering a 14-year-old schoolboy with a samurai sword during a 20-minute rampage in east London.
Marcus Monzo fatally wounded Daniel Anjorin minutes after the schoolboy left his home in Hainault on 30 April last year.
The 37-year-old also injured five more people, including two police officers.
Passing sentence at the Old Bailey, Judge Mr Justice Bennathan said Monzo inflicted an “unsurvivable wound” on Daniel.
Speaking after the hearing, Daniel’s family said they felt “justice had been served.”
At the Old Bailey, 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.”
Due to time already served and other mitigating factors such as “previous good character”, Monzo was ordered to serve a minimum term of 38 years and 309 days.
On Wednesday, Monzo was found guilty by jurors at the Old Bailey of murdering the Woodford Green schoolboy.
Monzo, a Brazilian-Spanish national, was also convicted of attempting to murder local residents Donato Iwule and Sindy Arias, as well as PC Yasmin Mechem-Whitfield, in a 20-minute rampage last April.
He was convicted of wounding with intent against Insp Moloy Campbell and Ms Arias’s husband Henry De Los Rios Polania.
Body-worn camera footage from the police was played to the court and showed officers trying to disarm Monzo and suffering serious injuries as a result.
(BBC)
