A man who fled the UK after killing a promising teenage footballer has been jailed following a two-and-a-half-year international manhunt.
Victim Sekou Doucoure, 16, died in Birmingham, in 2022, and was a former player for Nottingham Forest FC, described by his mother as “hardworking, kind and respectful”.
His killer Ishmael Farquharson, 34, fled the UK after killing Sekou, but was tracked down by police to Spain, where he was arrested last January and extradited back to the UK for trial.
At Birmingham Crown Court, Farquharson was jailed for 22 years for the manslaughter of Sekou, who died during a confrontation between rival gangs on Nursery Road in the city, on 12 July 2022.