The awful thing is, Marie Bokassa was not surprised by what happened to her boy. Kelyan, 14, was knifed to death on the 472 bus in Woolwich in front of appalled fellow passengers at 2.30pm in the afternoon this week. She had, she said, been expecting the visit from the police and dreading it.
He was a troubled boy. Had he lived, he would have been in court next week charged with carrying a machete. They had had Christmas together, he had returned to school in his uniform after a long absence and was on his way to meet his social worker. Things seemed to be looking up for him. And then it happened: two young men set upon him on the bus with a machete and butchered him.
