Killers who stabbed Tory party activist’s 22-year-old son to death when they mistook the aspiring lawyer for a gang rival as he walked home from Waitrose are jailed for life

• Sven Badzak, 22, and a 16-year-old friend were attacked by six young men 

Two killers who fatally stabbed a Tory activist’s son as he walked home from a trip to Waitrose after mistaking him for a gang rival were today jailed for life with a minimum of 27 years.

Aspiring lawyer Sven Badzak, 22, and a 16-year-old friend were attacked by a group of six young men as they walked in Kilburn, north-west London, on the afternoon of February 6, 2021. 

Mr Badzak was repeatedly stabbed after falling to the ground, while his friend suffered multiple stab injuries but managed to run into a nearby supermarket for help.

Rashid Gedel, 22, from Ilford; and Shiroh Ambersley, 23, from Wembley; were found guilty of Mr Badzak’s murder last month. They were each acquitted of attempted murder of the 16-year-old but were convicted of wounding with intent. 

While sentencing them for the ‘brazen’ and ‘random’ attack, the judge had to reprimand Gedel after he was heard laughing. He said: ‘I really don’t understand how you can find something funny or amusing, I really don’t.’ 

Harvey Canavan, from Maida Vale, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and unlawful wounding before the trial began. The 19-year-old, who admitted manslaughter and was not directly involved in the stabbing, was today jailed for seven and a half years.

Sven Badzak, 22, and a 16-year-old friend were attacked by a group of six young men as they walked in Kilburn, north-west London, on the afternoon of February 6, 2021

Mr Badzak pictured with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he was a young boy

Rashid Gedel, 22, from Ilford; and Shiroh Ambersley, 23, from Wembley; were today jailed for life with a minimum of 27 years 

One alleged accomplice fled to the Ivory Coast as police were rounding up the killers, and two other suspects are still at large.

Lior Agbayan, 22, the son of an Ivorian diplomat, remains on the run in west Africa as Scotland Yard admitted detectives have no idea where he is.

Mr Badzak attended Wetherby, the private school attended by princes William and Harry, and then Roehampton University.

Prior to today’s sentencing, his mother, Jasna, slammed the Metropolitan Police for the way they conducted themselves during the investigation and said dealing with them was ‘harder than getting someone convicted in The Hague’. 

She told Times Radio: ‘It was horrendous for us, they were saying that it was gang-related violence, implying that Sven was a gangster.’

She added it became a ‘problem’ for police to get CCTV and they were ‘very reluctant to do that’.

Mr Badzak was repeatedly stabbed after falling to the ground, while his friend suffered multiple stab injuries but managed to run into a nearby supermarket for help 

Former Conservative Party activist Jasna Badzak said her son had gone to Waitrose to get orange juice when he was attacked 

Harvey Canavan, 19, from Maida Vale, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and unlawful wounding before the trial began. He was today jailed for seven and a half years 

Ms Badzak, who was previously a protected witness in two trials of war criminals at The Hague after fleeing her native Yugoslavia, earlier told the Times: ‘Putting criminals behind bars in The Hague was a piece of cake compared with dealing with the Metropolitan police.’

She described her son as ‘calm and collected’ and said he ‘never, ever had any altercations with anybody who would be involved in something like that’.

Ms Badzak added she was threatened with arrest for ‘interfering with the investigation’.

She added: ‘I was demanding that they arrest the killers and even arresting any one of them would take at least seven to 10 days.’

A spokesperson for the Met Police said: ‘Officers have made a number of arrests in addition to those charged with Mr Badzak’s murder, the inquiry continues.

‘Officers are determined to bring all those responsible for the death of Sven Badzak to justice.’

Ms Badzak, the UK Independence Party candidate for the Westminster North seat in the 2010 election, with her son at home 

Mr Badzak attended Wetherby, the private school attended by princes William and Harry, and then Roehampton University 

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