Buzzin Disgrace

Another thug has taken the life of an innocent victim.  Joseph Jimmy Booth, 19 of Tildsley Street, Great Lever, Bolton and his evil 15 year old side-kick, who cannot be named for legal reasons, but should be, pleaded guilty to the murder of Seffar Iqbal Khan and have today been sentenced to life in jail.

Seffer, 19 years old, was found dead around 7.20am on Monday 5th November 2007 in a playground in Bolton.

In the afternoon of the day that Seffer was murdered, he had met up with some friends in the playground where the group chatted for several hours and had a few drinks.  At around 11pm the group went their separate ways and Seffer was left alone in the park.  After a short time Seffer bumped into Booth and the 15 year old boy while still in the park.  Booth had been drinking and the three of them got into an argument of which there was a history but Booth became violent and punched Seffer in the head.

Seffer apparently ran off but was pursued by the Booth and the boy.  When they caught him, Booth punched him again, knocking him over, then Booth started kicking him while he was on the floor.  While he was on the ground Booth and the boy kicked and stamped on Seffer’s head.  The 15 year old thug then rifled through the pockets of Seffer as he lay on the ground motionless and stole cigarettes and a lighter.

This young man’s body was not discovered until the next morning by a man out walking his dog and the paramedics were called but Seffer was pronounced dead.

Later that evening, the 15 year old returned to his home where he told his family that he had got into a fight with an Asian boy and he showed them the blood on his trainer.  Family members confronted Booth and the boy the next morning after the news of the murder had spread around the community and later that day both thugs went to the police station where they were arrested on suspicion of murder.

A post mortem examination confirmed the cause of death was head injuries sustained during violent attack.  Seffer suffered multiple contusions, fractures to his nose and cheek and had a serious bleed on the brain.  His injuries were said to be so severe that members of his family were unable to identify him.

It doesn’t end there, as other reports are now emerging, that Booth was a convicted mugger and was supposedly being monitored after a string of violent incidents and had managed to get the tag off his ankle prior to the attack.  Enquiries have now revealed that the pair often trawled the park looking for victims.  Both had previous convictions of previous attacks in the same area.  Booth had convictions for threatening behaviour, assault, battery and robbery where victims were punched or threatened with a knife in the same park.

The Judge said “Mercifully he [Seffer] was probably unconscious for most of the blows” before sentencing the pair.  Booth was ordered to serve at least 12 years, 60 days before he can be considered for parole and the 15 year old was told he must serve at least 9 years and 240 days.  So how much time will they actually serve, they will both be out while they are still in their early 20’s, and that’s justice! 

Seffer had two brothers and three sisters.  He was working as a waiter at a restaurant but had studied a diploma in plastering and was setting up his own business.

Tagging doesn’t work, how many more times do we have to read stories of thugs still committing the same crimes with or having removed these pathetic tags! 

 Bring in the Death Sentence, they deserve nothing less