Kentish Town: Sanchez Tate, 18, jailed for murder after fatally stabbing his cycling enthusiast neighbor in the chest

The young man who stabbed his cycling enthusiast neighbor in the chest was sentenced to at least 22 years in prison.

Sanchez Tate, 18, attacked his neighbor Mohamed Abdi Noor, 21, on Tufnell Park Road in the northern Kentish Town on December 11 last year. London.

During the trial at the Old Bailey, the court heard Tate stabbed Mr Abdi Noor in the chest before running into the house. He was arrested a short time later.

Prosecutor Catherine Pattison said: “Before losing consciousness, Mr Abdi Noor said ‘Sanchez’ and repeated it, referring to the name of the person who stabbed him.”

The 21-year-old, who the prosecutor said had a “passion for pedal bicycles and motorcycles”, died early the next morning in the hospital where he was taken.

Ms Pattison later told jurors: “The level of violence required to rob someone was disproportionate.

“Whatever is behind it bears the hallmarks of targeted, albeit spontaneous, violence against a known individual.”

He also stated that Mr Abdi Noor had told his wife about an earlier incident allegedly involving Tate when he saw his motorcycle on the ground in the car park of his property.

The prosecutor stated that he asked some of the young people who overturned the vehicle and they pointed at Tate, adding: “Mr Abdi Noor told Mr Tate that he had to pay for the damage; there was a scratch and some parts were damaged.

“Nothing else seems to have happened. Mr. Abdi Noor took his motorcycle for repairs.

“The damage to the motorcycle was still being repaired at the time of Mr. Abdi Noor’s death.”

Tate claimed he acted in self-defense. He was found guilty of murder after a trial at the Old Bailey on Thursday.

Judge Mark Dennis KC sentenced him to 22 years in prison. Tate was also given a concurrent 15-month prison sentence for possessing a knife in a public place.

Detective Chief Inspector Larry Smith, who led the Scotland Yard investigation into the incident, said his thoughts were “with Mohamed’s family and those who knew him, who have lost a much-loved family member and friend”.

He added: “I am also aware that there are no winners in this case and that Tate, who was 17 at the time, will have plenty of time in prison to consider the callous stupidity of his actions.”

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