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FORMER CRYSTAL PALACE YOUTH PLAYER JAILED FOR MURDER - AS VICTIM DIES 15 YEARS LATER

Jordan Burton, released by Crystal Palace aged 13 due to an injury, was found guilty of murder on Tuesday following a trial at the Old Bailey and was sentenced at the same court on Wednesday

Jordan Burton

A man has been jailed for murder today — 20 years after brutally assualting his victim with a piece of wood.

Jordan Burton, then 14, and several other teens savaged Daniel Allright with a number of items, including wood and a bicycle chain. A court heard Burton, who had in the previous year been released by Crystal Palace following an injury, left Mr Allright with a serious head injury.

He died from this, aged 31, nearly 16 years on after suffering an epileptic seizure in the bathroom at home. A post-mortem examination found no evidence Mr Allright had drowned or suffered any natural disease, and post traumatic epilepsy was found to be the cause of death.

And Burton was arrested at his home in June 2024 on suspicion of murder having previously failed to attend a voluntary interview following Daniel’s death. He was found guilty of murder on Tuesday, and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 10 years today at the Old Bailey.

Burton was arrested in the wake of the attack in September 2006. He initially denied being involved, but in 2007 he pleaded guilty to violent disorder and causing grievous bodily harm to Mr Allright, then aged 15. He was given a two-year youth rehabilitation order.

Following Burton's sentencing this week, Mr Allright’s mother, Geraldine Henderson, expressed her continued grief. She said in a statement: "He had a heart of gold. He had a positive attitude to life. He was never bitter or angry about his situation.

Daniel Allright

“I’m very proud of my son Daniel for his achievements in life. For 16 years I watched my son Daniel have thousands of seizures. For 16 years my son Daniel was surviving every day. I will never get over losing my son."

Burton, who is from Lewisham, southeast London, had asked Mr Allright if he wanted to fight, before he was handed a piece of wood, with which he hit Mr Allright multiple times.

Two other males joined in the attack, hitting him with weapons while Mr Allright tried to defend himself with his arms up, the court heard. They all ran off when someone came out of a shop and told them to leave the victim alone.

Duncan Atkinson KC, prosecuting, said Mr Allright suffered his first seizure in March 2007 and was prescribed medication, but his epilepsy worsened in the months before his death. He died at his home on March 26, 2022, having suffered a fatal epileptic seizure in the bathroom.

Nick Corsellis, defending, said Burton was selected by Crystal Palace Football Club to be a potential athlete aged seven and the club provided “a very positive setting for him”.But Burton was released by the club aged 13 due to an injury, which meant “suddenly he had so much time on his hands”, Mr Corsellis said.Judge Anthony Leonard KC said: “The whole incident between you lasted for a matter of minutes and ended with you hitting Daniel Allright with the stick, in my judgment more than once.”Mr Allright had two operations and was in hospital for weeks, then was “subject to regular and debilitating seizures”, the judge added.Listing aggravating features, the judge said: “You had gone to the park to smoke cannabis before the incident, you used a piece of wood as a weapon, the offence was committed in the context of group violence involving at least three other people and you took the leading role, it took place in an area where there were members of the public.”Burton was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 10 years.

- Bradley Jolly

FORMER TWO-DIVISION CHAMPION ZOLANI TETE DIES IN SHOOTING

 

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Zolani Tete celebrates with the IBF International and Commonwealth Super Bantamweight belt after knocking out Jason Cunningham in the IBF International and Commonwealth Super Bantamweight Title fight between Jason Cunningham and Zolani Tete at OVO Arena Wembley on July 02, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images) | Getty Images

South African authorities announced that former titlist Zolani Tete, 38, was fatally shot outside of his home in Mdantsane today.

Per the country's Ministry of Sport, Arts, and Culture, "[t]wo armed men in balaclavas" shot Tete and a female companion as Tete waited at his gate. The companion remains hospitalized, while Tete himself passed away.

Tete lost his first title bid to countryman Moruti Mthalane in 2010, kicking off a 3-3 skid, but came out the other side on an absolute tear. He felled Teiru Kinoshita in hostile territory to claim the IBF super flyweight title four years later, then knocked out Paul Butler in his first and only defense before moving up to 118. There, he won the later-upgraded interim WBO belt against Arthur Villanueva and made three successful defense, one of which earned him the fastest knockout in championship history when he sparked Siboniso Gonya with his very first punch. An upset loss to John Riel Casimero lost him the belt, but after two years on the sidelines and a 55-second get-well knockout in South Africa, he put himself right into super bantamweight contention by blowing the doors off of Jason Cunningham.

That would unfortunately mark his final time in the ring. A failed drug test for stanozolol wiped that win off his record and resulted in a four-year suspension, which only expired last month.

Tete will be remembered as a terrific, hugely accomplished fighter, highly entertaining and a true standout in the lower weight classes. Our thoughts are with his friends and family after this horrific tragedy.

- Patrick Stumberg

CRIME BOSS WHO LIVED LIFE OF LUXURY TREATED DRUG LORDS TO ANTHONY JOSHUA TICKETS

As the net closed in on him, Khalid Ege fled the country and spent six years on the run before being caught trying to cross a border with "false papers"

Khalid Ege from Cardiff was sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs(Image: Tarian)

The head of an organised crime group was arrested after six years on the run as he travelled through South American using false documents, a court has heard. Khalid Ege had fled Wales after the net began to close on his cocaine dealing empire.

His criminal business had seen him splashing out on VIP treatment at a posh London bar and tickets to see an Anthony Joshua boxing match at the O2 Area in order to impress his contacts in the underworld.

The 50-year-old was eventually arrested as he crossed the border between Colombia and Paraguay and was brought back to Wales to face justice. He has now been locked up for 12 years.

Kevin Jones, prosecuting, told Merthyr Crown Court that Edge was the last person to be sentenced as a result of a complex police investigation into the large-scale trafficking of Class A drugs into southern Wales. He said the supply network had seen multiple and distinct organised crime groups or OCGs based around the UK working together to form a "drug consortium" which was responsible for the large-scale, commercial supply of cocaine.

He was sentenced at Merthyr Crown Court(Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

The prosecutor said Khalid was the head of the south Wales OCG and sourced multiple kilos of high-purity cocaine from his "upstream suppliers" in Liverpool and the Midlands for onward distribution throughout the valleys. He said as an indication of the scale of the operation, when Khalid's courier was intercepted by police as he was returning to Cardiff he was was found to be transporting five kilos of cocaine worth up to half-a-million pounds on the streets. He said that return journey was one of eight which the courier had made at the behest of his boss.

The court heard that members of the Liverpool OCG were linked to a drugs laboratory in the Birkenhead area and sourced equipment and cutting agents from suppliers in China. Those materials were used to process and adulterate illicit drugs before onward distribution around the UK, including to south Wales.

The court heard that the police operation into the drugs network - codename Operation Vermont - included extensive covert surveillance of suspects and tracking of vehicles. The operation revealed multiple face-to-face meetings between various leading members of the crime gangs as well as phone contact, financial links, and DNA and fingerprint evidence linking the conspirators with packages of drugs.

The prosecutor said covert officers were present in London when Khalid hosted an "extravagant" meeting with the heads of the Liverpool crime gang in October 2019 . He said the Cardiff dealer treated the Merseysiders' to hospitality in a VIP area at a Mayfair bar before the group attended the Anthony Joshua boxing match London's O2 Arena, tickets for which cost £1,400 each. The barrister said the purpose of the event was for Khalid to demonstrate that "he was able to swim in the same waters" as his powerful criminal contacts.

Merthyr Crown Court(Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

The court heard that following the arrest of a number of his co-conspirators, Ege fled the UK in December 2019 in an attempt to evade justice. The defendant remained a fugitive until December 2025 when he was detained crossing the border from Colombia into Paraguay using a false passport and identity documents. Crucially, he was also found to be carrying his real - albeit expired - British passport which revealed his true identity.

The court heard Ege was sent back to Colombia and was then transferred to Spain in the custody of National Crime Agency from where he was extradited back to the UK.

Khalid Ege, of no fixed abide, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.

Jonathan Rees KC, for Ege, invited the court to find a distinction could be drawn between the "astronomical" amounts of drugs the Liverpool gang had been involved in, and the amounts being handled by his client who - he said - was a "local distributor". He said if the Liverpool gang members had been "Premier League", the defendant was "Championship at best, if not League One".

Judge Jeremy Jenkins told the defendant he had been involved sourcing cocaine on an "industrial scale" for onward distribution around south Wales, including to another organised crime group based in Merthyr.

The judge said as police began to arrest the co-conspirators the defendant had fled from the jurisdiction and said it wasn't until December last year that he was caught in South America using "false papers". He said "fortunately for the authorities", Ege had also been carrying his real British passport.

With a one-third discount for his guilty pleas, Ege was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He will serve half the sentence in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community.

Judge Jenkins praised the dedication shown by police in what had been a "monumental case".

Speaking after the sentencing detective inspector Andrew Gibbins of Tarian - the southern Wales serious and organised crime squad - said: "Operation Vermont has been one of the largest and most complex investigations into the supply of illicit drugs ever undertaken by Tarian.

"The investigation resulted in the arrest and conviction of a significant number of individuals operating across Wales, England and Scotland, and involved extensive collaboration with policing and law enforcement partners both within the UK and overseas. This included two extraditions from Spain and international enquiries spanning China and South America.

"Today's sentence marks the conclusion of a lengthy investigation and demonstrates our determination to pursue those involved in organised criminality, no matter how far they travel or how long they seek to evade justice.

"Tarian remains committed to identifying, disrupting and bringing to justice those responsible for causing harm to our communities. Whether you are directing an organised crime group, supplying drugs, producing them, transporting them, or carrying out any other role within a criminal network, we will pursue every available line of enquiry to hold you accountable for your actions.

"The significant sentences handed down throughout Operation Vermont reflect the scale of the criminality involved and our unwavering commitment to protecting communities across southern Wales."

A total of 32 co-conspirators have previously been sentenced as part of Operation Vermont, with their sentencings taking place between November 2022 and April 2023. In total they have received combined custodial sentences totalling more than 256 years.

- Ashley Pemberton and Jason Evans

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