Damilola Taylor's brother says knife crime work is needed 'now more than ever'
Tunde Taylor, brother of Damilola Taylor, says work to tackle knife crime is needed more than ever as a new BBC documentary retells the 2000 killing of the 10-year-old in Peckham.
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Centre · 2Babatunde (Tunde) Taylor, brother of the schoolboy Damilola Taylor, has said work to tackle knife crime is "needed now more than ever". BBC NewsN “has said work to tackle knife crime is "needed now more than ever".” Read at BBC News ↗ Evening StandardN “says tackling knife crime is “needed now more than ever"” Read at Evening Standard ↗ Centre · 2His comments come as a new BBC documentary, Damilola: The Untold Story, retells the killing; it is available on BBC iPlayer. BBC NewsN “Damilola's killing is now the subject of a BBC documentary called Damilola: The Untold Story.” Read at BBC News ↗ Evening StandardN “Damilola: The Untold Story airs is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.” Read at Evening Standard ↗ Centre · 2Damilola, 10, was fatally stabbed on 27 November 2000 while walking home from Peckham Library in south London; he was stabbed in the leg with a broken bottle, which severed an artery, and was found in a stairwell on the North Peckham Estate. BBC NewsN “While walking home, Damilola was attacked and stabbed in the leg with a broken bottle. It severed an artery.” Read at BBC News ↗ Evening StandardN “Damilola was stabbed in the leg with a broken beer bottle and left to die in a stairwell in Peckham on November 27, 2000.” Read at Evening Standard ↗
Centre · 2Tunde Taylor chairs the trust set up in Damilola's memory by their parents, which supports disadvantaged or vulnerable young people at risk of falling into crime or being groomed by gangs. BBC NewsN “It works to provide support for disadvantaged children vulnerable to falling into crime.” Read at BBC News ↗ Evening StandardN “aims to support vulnerable youths to prevent them being groomed by gangs.” Read at Evening Standard ↗ Centre · 2He said the issues the trust now faces are more diverse than in 2000, citing the emergence of social media, and that it must keep evolving and adapting. BBC NewsN “"We've got the emergence of social media... we have to find a way to keep evolving and adapting," he said.” Read at BBC News ↗ Evening StandardN “the charity is now dealing with issues that are “far more diverse” than at the time his brother was killed” Read at Evening Standard ↗ Centre · 1He also said the trust faces an uncertain future over funding, like many small charities, and is open to partnerships: "We need all hands on deck." BBC NewsN “"One of the challenges we're facing is sustainability, just like every small charity there are issues regarding funding," he said.” Read at BBC News ↗
Centre · 2Taylor said it was "very important" that his brother's story is told again so a generation too young to remember it can see Damilola as a person and think about the choices they make. BBC NewsN “"There's a whole generation of young people who were not around at the time and they get the chance to see him as a person, a young boy, his ambitions and how the tragedy cut that," he said.” Read at BBC News ↗ Evening StandardN “Tunde says “it is very important" his brother's story is told for a new generation” Read at Evening Standard ↗ Centre · 2Convictions took years: after two failed trials, two teenage brothers from the estate, Danny and Ricky Preddie, aged 12 and 13 at the time, were found guilty of manslaughter in 2006. The Metropolitan Police has said the investigation was hampered by a wall of silence in the community and a lack of experience in dealing with children in gangs. BBC NewsN “convictions for his death were not secured until 2006 when two teenagers, who lived on the estate and were believed to be part of a local gang, were found guilty of manslaughter. Two previous trials had failed.” Read at BBC News ↗ Evening StandardN “It took six years and three trials for brothers Danny and Ricky Preddie, who were 12 and 13 at the time of the stabbing, to be convicted of manslaughter.”“The Metropolitan Police said the investigation was hampered by a wall of silence from the local community in Peckham” Read at Evening Standard ↗ Centre · 2Actor John Boyega, who was a friend of Damilola's and one of the last people to see him alive, says in the documentary that the death profoundly affected him, made him realise how quickly life could change and spurred him to pursue acting. BBC NewsN “Speaking in the documentary, Boyega said the killing of his friend had a profound effect on him.” Read at BBC News ↗ Evening StandardN “The actor said that Damilola's death made him realise how quickly life could change, and encouraged him to pursue his own ambitions.” Read at Evening Standard ↗
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Centre2 outlets
- Framing
- Both outlets lead on Tunde Taylor's call for continued action on knife crime, tied to the new BBC documentary.
- Emphasis
- BBC stresses the trust's funding and sustainability worries and the case background; the Evening Standard stresses Boyega's recollections and the police investigation's difficulties.
- Leaves out or plays down
- The Evening Standard omits the trust's funding concerns; the BBC omits the Preddie brothers' names and the Met Police comment on the wall of silence.
- Charged language
- “wall of silence”
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“"We need all hands on deck and we need that support to help us to continue to provide."” — BBC News
“The Metropolitan Police said the investigation was hampered by a wall of silence from the local community in Peckham” — Evening Standard
Right0 outlets
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What every side reports
- Damilola Taylor, 10, was fatally stabbed in Peckham on 27 November 2000 on his way home from Peckham Library.
- His brother Tunde Taylor chairs the charity set up by their parents and says knife crime work is needed now more than ever.
- A new BBC documentary, Damilola: The Untold Story, features John Boyega.
- Two brothers/teenagers were convicted of manslaughter in 2006 after earlier trials failed.
Where accounts differ
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Years since the killing and the trust's name
- Centre
- BBC News says 26 years on and calls it the Damilola Taylor Trust; the Evening Standard says 25 years on and calls it the Damilola Trust. 27 November 2000 to October 2026 is just under 26 years.
Damilola Taylor person
Remembered by his brother and friend John Boyega as a young boy with ambitions whose death cut them short; the documentary retells his story for a new generation.
“they get the chance to see him as a person, a young boy, his ambitions and how the tragedy cut that” — BBC News
Knife crime topic
Presented as a continuing problem, with Tunde Taylor saying tackling it is needed now more than ever and that youth issues have become more diverse.
“says tackling knife crime is “needed now more than ever"” — Evening Standard
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Centre2 articles
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Action on knife crime needed more than ever, says Damilola Taylor's brother
Sympathetic Reports Tunde Taylor's call and the trust's funding worries, with case background and Boyega's comments from the BBC's own documentary.
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Sympathetic Rewrites the BBC report with more on Boyega's memories, the trial history and the police comment on the investigation.
Right0 articles
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- 11 Oct 08:08 First BBC NewsN Action on knife crime needed more than ever, says Damilola Taylor's brother
- 11 Oct 11:35 +3h 27m Evening StandardN Tackling knife crime 'is needed now more than ever' says brother of murdered London schoolboy Damilola Taylor
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