Man given longer sentence after Leeds Carnival weekend stabbing
The Court of Appeal extended his prison sentence after it was ruled 'unduly lenient'
Last updated 18th Mar 2021
A man who stabbed another man to death during the Leeds Carnival weekend in 2019 has had his sentence extended by the Court of Appeal.
20 year old Beni Nami and Hussein Semusu, aged 21, were previously sentenced to life with minimum terms of 20 years and 16 years respectively.
It follows the murder of 21-year-old Tcherno Ly in Chapeltown on August 25th, 2019.
Mt Ly was stabbed in the chest at the junction of Chapeltown Road and Button Hill.
His killers were convicted after a trial in December 2020.
An application was subsequently made to the Court of Appeal alleging the sentences were too lenient.
Now - the court has quashed Semusu’s previous sentence and increased it to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 19 years.
Nami’s original sentence remains unchanged.
Detective Chief Inspector Vanessa Rolfe, of West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said:
“Tcherno Ly’s life was brutally cut short when he was stabbed to death in a street busy with people celebrating the carnival weekend."
“His family have been left absolutely devastated at his death in such sudden and violent circumstances."