Three men guilty of murder of Leeds teenager

Trust Gangata was stabbed at a house party

Published 30th Nov 2023

Three 19-year-old men have been found guilty of the murder of a teenager in Leeds, who was stabbed at a house party.

Trust Gangata, 17, was attacked at a house in Salisbury Road in Armley, in the early hours of 19th March.

The court heard that Trust, also known as TJ, wasn’t the intended target and he was “wrongly identified”.

After more than 20 hours of deliberations Paul Mbwasse, from Huddersfield, and Karlson Ogie and Karl Belinga, both from Bradford have been found guilty of Trusts murder.

Another man20 year old Brandon Paradzai, also from Bradford, has been found guilty of manslaughter.

The men are due to be sentenced on the 18th December.

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