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SUE REID: Since the pandemic, when masks were normalised, covering up faces has become endemic in our society. In many cases, these masks are being used as a weapon of crime.
Timothy Adeoye, 20, stabbed 18-year-old rap artist Donavan Allen with a large kitchen knife at a block of flats in Enfield, north London, on February 7 last year.
Mr Allen’s family gathered at the Old Bailey for Adeoye’s sentencing – only to learn he had refused to leave Pentonville prison
It comes five days after the Ministry of Justice announced planned legislation to make defendants attend sentencings, including by force if needed.
The father of a murdered rapper asked his attacker “Why did you kill my son?” after he refused to attend court for sentencing.