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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joshi Herrmann

Sofyen Belamouadden murder: The inside story of a crime that horrified Britain

This article was originally published in 2015.

On the day they killed him, Sofyen Belamouadden got up at seven and went into his mother's bedroom to get his socks from a drawer the family shared. "Mum, I'm going now," he said, before catching the bus. Sofyen, who was 15, lived with his brother and two sisters in Acton, west London, and went to Henry Compton School in Fulham, a trip that involved two bus rides.

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