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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Crabbe

Lammy blocks open prison transfer for killer accused of rapping about murdering schoolboy

Jake Fahri was sentenced to life in 2009. - (Metropolitan Police)

The deputy prime minister has blocked a Parole Board recommendation to transfer a convicted killer to an open prison after he was accused of releasing rap music referencing his murder of a schoolboy.

Jake Fahri, who was sentenced to life in 2009 with a minimum term of 14 years, killed 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen by throwing an oven dish at him during an altercation in a south London bakery on May 10, 2008. The glass dish shattered, severing blood vessels in Jimmy’s neck and causing fatal injuries.

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