Murderer who plunged knife into neck of store manager has life sentence ...
Murderer known as 'Aggro' who plunged knife into neck of Matalan store manager has life sentence shortened by eight months after judge is told he is now 'gentle and sensitive' Kobina Essel stabbed Jamie Simpson three times with a 10in knife in 2008 Teenage murderer was trying to steal £30,000 from a Matalan in Hackney But Essel's life sentence has now been cut short by eight months
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A teenage murderer who plunged a knife into the neck of a Matalan store manager has had his life sentence shortened by eight months after a judge was told he is now 'gentle and sensitive'.
Kobina Essel, known by the gang name Aggro, stabbed Jamie Simpson three times with a 10in knife while he and three others tried to steal £30,000 from a Matalan in Hackney, London in 2008.
The trial judge, Martin
