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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Evans

Gang member who shot man outside child’s birthday jailed after rapping about murder

Days after Mr Boothe’s death, gunman Kammar Henry-Richards bragged about the killing in a rap video - (Metropolitan Police)

A drill rapper who shot a rival outside a baby’s first birthday party in Walthamstow and “glorified” his murder in a rap video has been jailed for at least 37 years.

Kacey Boothe, 25, had been attending the family event for his friend Khalid Samanter’s child in August 2022 when he was killed standing at his car at Peterhouse Community Centre in north-east London.

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