‘Our sons’ killers smirked and treated murder trial as a game’
He continued: “There, I sat there as a mourning mother who prayed for some signs of humanity and prayed for a sign of humility of them, but instead they deepened our pain.”
Klevi Shekaj, the son of 23 -year -old Valbona Shekaj, was killed in 2023 with a 15 -year -old Leo Reid in a music video shoot at Archway in North London.
On Friday, Lorik Lupqi, 22; Jason Furtado, 28; Abel Chunda, 29; Xavier Poponne, 22; And 31 -year -old Clark, couple was found guilty of murder and will be sentenced to attempted murder after a long -going hearing.
During the penalty hearing on Thursday, Leo’s mother Valentina Locci said that no sentence would be enough to kill the “beautiful, fascinating smart” son “insensitive, infertile, cold -blooded”.
Locci confronted his son’s murderers in court and said, “It means that you shouldn’t just be uncomfortable with your conscience, since only another person can treat another person very bad, careless, without respect.
“My past, my present time and my future, not only me, but from my family, my brothers and all our loved ones and friends, and for what has collapsed and taken?
“A adrenaline hurry, an increase in an ego, a sense of value, a selfish satisfaction without prizes, costs to others.
“Me and everyone who love Leo will live knowing the brutality he is exposed to last breath.”
‘He played with our pain’
Ms. Shekaj said in her statement that her son was “extraordinary” – “a gentle, bright spirit full of possibilities”.
In a statement read by the prosecutor Ben Lloyd on his behalf, the SHAJ felt that he felt “broken” by the defendants’ behavior during the hearing.
“Instead of regret or asking for forgiveness, they grinned us from the defendant’s box.
“I kept looking at them, I hope to see something, regret, sadness, anything that shows what they understand what they are doing.
“Instead, they grinned, discussed with their lawyers, complained about the trials, and acted in this way.
“They played with our pain and acted as a game to all this experiment, as if the life they took and the destruction they caused meant nothing.
He continued: “There, I sat there as a mourning mother who prayed for some signs of humanity and prayed for a sign of humility of them, but instead they deepened our pain.”
The court heard that the last words of the enthusiastic crypto currency businessman Mr. Shekaj promised to be home in five minutes after he went out to meet friends.
Instead, at 02:00, he replied to the police officers with the news that “no mother should hear”.
“As a single mother, Klevi wasn’t just my son, he was my friend, my confidant and my constant support.”
“Beyond the years, it was kind, both in small and important ways. He looked at me as much as I looked at me.
He continued: “The promise of who has become, all the potential, took part in a meaningless violence.”
Lorik Lupqi (left) and Jason Furtado, Leonardo Reid and Klevi Shekaj’ı killed electronic ankle labels were wearing labels [Metropolitan Police]
Men, who were defined as “grin” murderers in court, ran in music video shooting and stabbed Klevi and Leo in a deadly way and seriously injured 28 -year -old Abdullah Abdullahi for “adrenalin hurry”.
The jury members planned the attack of Lupqi and Furtado and took the military to help others.
On Thursday, Lupqi was handcuffed twice on the dock because of the concerns of a violent explosion after attacking Chunda, whom he accused during the hearing.
Xavier Room (Left), Abel Chunda (Center) and Eden Clark pride about the murders in his lyrics [Metropolitan Police]
After hearing the victim’s expressions of influence, Lupqi was asked if he wanted to say anything about alleviating for crimes.
On the other hand, the defendant, who was not represented by a lawyer, told the judge Anuja Dhir KC: “Your mother Em.”
The judge warned Lupqi that he would be sent from the court if his bad behavior is repeated.
Chunda’s lawyer Bernard Richmond KC admitted that the defendants’ behavior in court were “understandable”, but argued that they had no effect on the penalties they received.
However, the judge Dhir observed that the defendants were faced with life penalties and that they could take into account any regret – or deficiency when deciding how much prison should serve in prison before they were appropriate for conditional evacuation.
He postponed the hearing until 10:00 on Friday.
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