Killer accused of rapping about murdering teen recommended for open prison
Convicted murderer Jake Fahri, who allegedly released rap music about his murder of a teenager, has been recommended by the Parole Board for transfer to an open prison.
Fahri, then 19 years old, was sentenced to at least 14 years in prison in 2009 for the murder of 16-year-old student Jimmy Mizen. At a bakery in south London on 10 May 2008, Fahri threw a baking pan at Jimmy, which ruptured and ruptured the blood vessels in his neck. Eyewitnesses reported that they saw Fahri leaving the store smiling swaggeringly.
Fahri was released on license in June 2023, but was recalled in January 2025 after the Ministry of Justice reported that the Sun newspaper had published a report that he had produced drill music that included details about the murder.
The Sun newspaper claimed that Fahri was Ten, the masked drill artist featured on BBC 1Xtra, and that the balaclava-wearing rapper referenced Jimmy’s death in one of his tracks available on Spotify and YouTube.
The Parole Board noted in its decision summary document that Fahri had objected to the panel that the music was “entirely about his own life” but acknowledged that he was the artist known as Ten in the videos since his recall.
He added: “The panel was not satisfied that he had given an open and honest account of his music and that his failure to disclose his musical work to the probation officer amounted to a breach of his licence.
“The panel also found a number of other licensing breaches.
“Mr Fahri had not disclosed to Probation that he was using the name Ten, had breached the exclusion zone on more than one occasion and had spent the night at an address not approved by Probation.”
The summary stated that Fahri claimed that he was unaware of the restrictions and that he had breached his license conditions because no one had experienced such things with him, but the panel found that this was not true, according to the statement of Fahri’s probation officer.
At the oral hearing on 16 December, Honorary and professional witnesses supported his re-release from prison, but the Minister of Justice, represented at the hearing, opposed this.
In the decision of the Parole Board, it was stated that the committee was not satisfied that his release would be safe for the protection of the public.
He added: “The panel was aware of witnesses supporting the evacuation but had less confidence in Mr Fahri’s likelihood of complying with the evacuation plan.
“The panel decided that Mr Fahri needed to reflect on his attitude, thinking and behavior to better understand himself, including why he could not be open and honest with the professionals managing his case.
“He evaluated that this could be achieved in an open prison and recommended that Mr. Fahri proceed in this way.”
Open prisons have minimal security and allow eligible inmates to spend most of their days outside prison, for example, by obtaining licenses for work or education.
Minister of Justice David Lammy will decide whether to accept this recommendation for Fahri.
