Two men jailed for 50 years for murder of Terrell Marshall-Williams in Wolverhampton
Two men are starting lengthy prison sentences after being found guilty of murdering Wolverhampton teenager, Terrell Marshall-Williams.
Two men have been jailed for murdering a teenager Terrell Marshall-Williams in Wolverhampton last year.
The 16-year-old was stabbed eight times in a flat on 18 September 2023, where he was hanging out with a friend. He died at the scene.
Mpho Obi, 23, of Strathfield Walk, Merry Hill, and Omari Lauder, 24, of Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston, approached to the flat on the night of the 18th armed with a Rambo knife. It was here they launched into a vicious attack on the teenager.
Lauder was also injured in the stabbing.
CCTV later showed Obi and Lauder discarding clothing, drugs, and a mobile phone in a nearby field. Officers also discovered a blood-stained Rambo knife there.
After Lauder got a taxi home, police attended his house and found a blood trail leading to the front door. Officers said there were signs he had tried to patch his own injuries up.
Lauder was arrested on 20 September - two days after the attack - at Walsall Hospital where he had been seeking treatment. He had told staff he had been chased by a dog before impaling himself on a fence.
Obi was arrested on the night of the attack. His phone showed a message sent just after the murder where he boasted that he had stabbed someone.
Detective Inspector Dan Jarratt, who led the investigation, said: “No sentence will bring Terrell back, but we welcome today’s sentences and hope it goes some way towards helping his heartbroken family come to terms with what has happened and allow them to begin to rebuild their lives.
“They conducted themselves impeccably and with dignity throughout the trial. The investigation team worked tirelessly to secure justice for Terrell and the judge praised the hard work undertaken to gather the evidence to successfully convict these two men of murder.
“This case is yet another stark reminder of the deadly consequences of carrying knives. West Midlands Police is working tirelessly to tackle knife crime and I implore the public to work with us to achieve this.”