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Subway Attack: The Murder of Tashan Daniel | Murdered at First Sight

November 10, 2022 / 45:06

This episode covers the tragic story of Tashan Daniels, who was murdered at Hillingdon train station in 2019. Key discussions include Tashan's life, the circumstances of his death, the investigation, and the impact on his family.

Guests share memories of Tashan, highlighting his kindness and passion for athletics. His father recounts the day of the incident, detailing the confusion and chaos that followed the stabbing.

The police investigation is discussed, including the quick response to the scene and the eventual capture of the suspects, Alex Lanning and Jonathan Camille. The emotional toll on Tashan's family is evident as they navigate their grief and seek justice.

The trial is described, revealing the defense's claims and the family's reactions to the proceedings. Tashan's legacy is honored through the memories shared by friends and family.

The episode concludes with reflections on the senseless nature of violence and the lasting impact on those left behind.

TLDR

Tashan Daniels was murdered in a random attack, leading to a painful investigation and trial that deeply affected his family and community.

Episode

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so a little birdie told me that you're leaving Oak Farm what a shame but you taught me in year six all those
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years ago and yeah I just wanted to say thank you very much for teaching me getting me onto the next step making me
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trying to become one more step to becoming an adult sashan was just uh kind soul
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he was thoughtful he was caring and he wanted the best for everyone hi guys what is up it's um Sean Daniel
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here family means the world to us Sean was a son that I believe every parent would
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want to have to Sean celebrate his 20th birthday with both us as friends and his family as
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well he loved to dance and he was a very very kind of positive person I had a phone call from Deshawn's
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friend's dad didn't say much he just said something happened reports were a fight of a stabbing you
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know a male being seriously injured when we got there there was loads of police cars ambulances there was everyone
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crowding around basically I just couldn't understand what was going on and I didn't even notice the wounds or
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anything I was just staring at tashan's face stroking him wondering why he wasn't responding
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two young men together at a train station and at least one of them is looking for trouble and two young men on
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the other side of the platform were the unfortunate victims they were chosen completely at random these murderers are
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cowardly in their actions they felt it appropriate to carry a weapon of that nature on a busy train station
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and the lack of remorse shown throughout is clear for all to see I know for a fact those particular men
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don't know my son or his friend two total strangers just didn't like the
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look of them and took my son's life [Music] he just turned 20. foreign [Music]
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was still in bed and I was getting ready for school usually I always say goodbye
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to him in the mornings he would come downstairs while I'd be eating my breakfast
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that day he was very tired because he had training the day before so he stayed and had a lion
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then I left for school without saying a proper goodbye Tashan had taken his granddad to a
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daycare center dropped him there and then popped in to see his mum at work had lunch with her
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picked his granddad back up again dropped him home I was home we spoke and he was really excited about going to
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the game from a very young age he kind of got embedded with into the Arsenal culture
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the gooners he would treat himself he bought a Arsenal ticket to watch the game on that
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24th he got changed put his Arsenal top on and his friend came to meet him at home
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I was doing something on the computer that I needed his help because Tashan was my technical guy I was absolutely
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useless but because he was in a rush he couldn't do it he just ruffled my head
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gave me a kiss like he always did and he said Dad I'll sort out tomorrow and off they went they walked down to to
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the train station I was originally meant to go with him to the Arsenal game but I couldn't get the time off work so
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I found myself coming back on the train when I noticed that Hillingdon was out of service at the time I didn't know why
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I returned home I did message him to ask him how he was getting to the football game but I
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didn't have a reply at this point [Music] British Council Place is responsible for
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all crimes that take place on the railway station and Railway infrastructure from the lowest
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investigation which is probably a fair evasion up into the most serious investigations such as murders
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British transport police were informed through 999 calls made by Witnesses and members of the public at Hillingdon the
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reports were of a fight of a stabbing a male being seriously injured very clearly it was a serious incident
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that we were going to have to deal with I'd finished school that day and when I
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got home I sat downstairs with my dad then my dad had got a phone call from uh to Sean's friend's dad the only thing
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that we'd been told was to go to the station me and ocean jumped in the car to drive
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down to the station I rang Celia got the feeling that something bad that happened
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driving from work to the station my mum mentioned that there had been a stabbing at Linden station but at the
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point nothing was revealed to the public of who it was as I was driving down there the phone
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call was someone had been stabbed and I just refused to believe it Peter shine there was no way
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and there's no way Sean's never been in trouble he would walk away from a fight
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tried to call him about five times and I also messaged him asking him if he was okay
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I tried to call my friend who was also with him at that time as well it was 3 30 3 40 in
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the afternoon at hillington station it just didn't add up I told her she wanted to stay in the car
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and I ran into the station policeman said no you can't go down there and I said to them that I think
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it's my son [Music] when I arrived at the station there was lows lows loads of police
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ambulance cars everything by that time Shandy was already with him holding him and Oceana was just at the
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top of the station looking down so they took me down to him because I begged please I need to
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go I need to go down I think there was difficulties in some respects of them entering the scene
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because it was a crime scene we discovered that a male had been injured which turned out to be cheshan
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along with that there was a friend who was present with Tashan at the time there are multiple units arriving at
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different times there was a very quick police response along with the ambulance service the air ambulance attended as
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well and it was very quickly established that Sean's life was pronounced extinct
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a member of the air ambulance paramedic said to me that they've been working on
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Tashan for 20 minutes they had tried everything they could do um he'd lost a lot of blood
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and unfortunately they're going to stop working over here and then we can see they're rushed over
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to Tashan and then I had to tell tell Celia Sean's parents would have witnessed a
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horrific scene really there was an awful lot of blood obviously distressed people still around
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medical staff um well obviously the most impactive film they saw was was to Sean
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and probably that sense of helplessness I still couldn't get my head around it
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I just thought we'd Fallen I was in shock I just couldn't understand what was going on I didn't
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even notice the wounds or anything I was just staring at Deshawn's face he still
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getting him wondering why he wasn't responding Shandy was still holding him and I asked could I hold his hand please
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and they said just for a minute because he had just and pronounce I Collapse on the floor
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and one of the officers kind of hold me back call me up Sean received a single stab wound that
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punctured his chest punctured his heart and into the lung which was the Fatal and only
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injury that Sean received I just remember my dad's screaming saying that he didn't make it
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the emotions I was feeling was just numbness really I couldn't comprehend it
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I couldn't take it in as soon as to Sean was going to be dead then that became a murder investigation
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there are certain kind of fast-time actions which are generated which is securing the scene and making sure that
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nothing's contaminated making sure any evidence that we can obtain is obtained
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in a forensic manner and they're looking wider afield about how we can capture images suspect
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movements and what's actually taken place there's also the harvesting of
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intelligence in relation to what Witnesses say they saw Which Way those suspects went was anything discarded so
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quite quickly your scene is very very large you think that violent assaults take
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place in dark Corners not in front of everybody on a busy train platform this is not what you expect to happen in
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front of your eyes in the midst of a crowd I think that any conceptions you had about what is a safe place and what
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is not a safe place a suddenly blown out of the water the station itself we found no real
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evidence apart from the evidence which was unfortunately Tashan we had multiple Witnesses at the scene
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who actually seen the incident albeit bleaching late as the train had pulled into the station
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most of arguments as were on the train so some of their Visions was obscured and the train was moving at the time but
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it became quite apparent there had been an altercation on the platform on the CCTV it showed the white male
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quite quickly gets involved in a heath discussion argument with two males on the opposite platform
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as he's going up the stairs he meets the black male and they both then go down onto that
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opposite platform where Tashan was with his friend and almost instantaneously a physical
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assault starts taking place [Music] in the initial stage is the investigation I had to base my
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hypotheses on what I think is taking place the reasons for it initially I thought that it would be
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Gang Related or that there was knowledge of issues between the two parties and then maybe it being football related
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because DeSean was wearing an Arsenal football shirt we need to identify those suspects are
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so I put parameters in place in relation to CCTV trolls and obviously house to house inquiries
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the witness appeal that we launched very very quickly in multiple social media lines that we're getting in all of these
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revenues we have to explore and have to develop to try and identify who those suspects are a white male and a black
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male in London foreign I couldn't do anything until Sean's gone and my heart just shattered
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they ushered us into staff ticket office room at Hidden station none of us knew what to do really it was
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just you know I only had lots of Tears hugs and things but we were all in a step
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shock we were just still couldn't understand couldn't believe it would have been the last person that
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should have happened to you just wouldn't sink in just couldn't process it really
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Sean did not have any graduates with anyone no one had anything against a chance so
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for someone to do this it had to be a stranger [Music] was the most amazing son he had manners
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he looked after all his cousins his friends just know life you don't get the results
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you want just know everything happens for a reason like in the day like everything will work out in his end like
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if things go back it's how you come back from that in it buying a setbacks major
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combats G come on and especially his baby sister to Sean had a bond that I can't really
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describe we got on like best friends there would obviously be times where we didn't get along but most of the time
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that we spent was always laughing me and Tashan grew up together we played for various different football
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teams I believe we started at the age of five to Sean had a real passion for athletics
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it was 200 meters 400 meters and long jump his passion really came when he excelled
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at 200 meters he was absolutely demolishing his time and also breaking records within the borough and Middlesex
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[Music] I had a group of young athletes and Tashan was one of them I soon noticed that Tashan had
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an ability that not many people have he was very explosive very elastic type of athlete which is necessary for
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sprinting this kid had the ability to go very far in the sport and he wanted to go as far as the Olympic Games and that
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was definitely something that we was heading towards [Music] foreign occurred on September 24 2019 at the
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tube station during Peak commuter time there were plenty of witnesses lots of people going in and out of the station
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CCTV cameras this was not something that was going to be hidden for long and certainly the people that did it knew
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that they were in plain sight of lots of onlookers and chose to do it anyway when we started researching to Sean and
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his friend these were really good kids there was nothing in relation to them and the police it became very apparent
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very very quickly that Tashan didn't know the Suspects and so it was really just a stranger
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attack it seemed to be completely and utterly unprovoked [Music] Witnesses reported along with the CCTV
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of the location that showed both suspects running out of the station stopping briefly and appearing to smile
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only moments after taking to Sean's life this is obviously going to cause concern
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for the officers who are in charge of this investigation are they going to do something similar soon because they seem
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to have enjoyed this experience and so they're going to want to find them as
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soon as possible [Music] we are able to establish very very quickly that they exited the station and
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following that Witnesses have started reporting that they'd send two males acting suspiciously approximately about
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500 meters away to erosion Oriole Drive that was probably an hour and a half after the instant
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and there we found clothing that had been discarded their intention was to disguise
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themselves and they've done that by removing their clothing stealing women's
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pajamas from a washing line and a towel for the purpose of making sure that they
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weren't seen in the clothing they had been wearing albeit the disguises they
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chose probably made moms are probably more aware of their movements and their behavior
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whilst that crime scene was maintained we brought in a dog and that police dog identified the location of the murder
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weapon which had been hidden under some rocks separate and away from the clothing
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this wasn't a kitchen knife taken from a block at a home this was an aviator
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knife produced in Germany it was a horrific knife one that if you were to stab somebody
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with that knife there's really only one consequence which is going to happen
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from that and that unfortunately is the death of another human being [Music] I got a call from my dad saying he's
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coming straight home and that we were to go around to Sean's house to speak to
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the family and I remember getting outside the door and the police were still there
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they asked me why are you going in how do you know the family and I'll explain to them how I knew them
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and then one of them gave me a hug and I asked them whether he was he passed away
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and they said yeah what made it real for me was when I walked through the door and I saw his
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parents in pieces and that's when I broke down it just felt weird really that my
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brother was on the news as a victim of knife crime something that I never ever in my life would have
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thought happened so the police were very supportive they gave us the information that they could
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of at the time as much of the information that they knew they didn't really know much no one knew much I
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tried to distract myself by going to school and obviously I know things were never going to go back to normal but I
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just wanted it to I just I hated everything that was going on days after it happened with tishon
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and myself were not sleeping at all we've actually was sleeping into Sean's bedroom
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you know thinking maybe he's going to come home [Music] but we know he wasn't coming back
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three of us were completely emptied I had no more tears left all three of us were completely flat
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the DCI said to us he know looking at some of the footage at that particular time it was on provoke
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and he said to us we will find we will get them he may declare that it was not gang-related drugs related it was an
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innocent young man standing waiting for a train I know my son and his friend are not
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Fighters they're just normal too large just minding their own business conception that a victim must have done
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something to provoke an attack particularly when that victim is a black young man now Tashan was not involved in
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any gang-related activity he was not involved in any law breaking activity he was in no way connected to the man
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who chose to kill him so he's completely innocent in all of this so having visited the family I was
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immediately presented with a loving family one that was all coming together all wanting to know the process how we
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were going to capture these people that had done this to their son and loved one
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and that puts extra pressure on me but at the same time Mooney pushes me forward and drives me to make sure that
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we get the best possible result we can get for the family so when we found that clothing and the
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knife because it was forensically recovered by trained officers and that was sent to the laboratory for analysis
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and three days later that result came back on a specific baseball cap which gave us the DNA of the suspect the white
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male who was Alex Lanning through moment the investigation because there's DNA of somebody else and that's
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somebody else is Alex Lanning Alex Lanning was known to the police planning had been sentenced in relation
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to a section 20 wounding where a knife had been used in Brighton during a drug deal
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not only has Lanning served time for stabbing somebody not once but 11 times he's actually still on license for that
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offense he was sentenced to four years and served half of that probably a very lenient sentence to take account of his
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young age but here he is he's on license he should be keeping his nose clean not involving
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himself in totally unnecessary and Mindless violence it's my opinion that Alex Landing would
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have known that he would have either seriously injured or killed Deshawn just by the nature of the weapon that he used
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the force he used and the fact that he would have been covered in blood thank you
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the fact that this man had this specific type of knife and had no reason to use it shows that he was co-opting it for
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criminal purpose and then to use it against this poor boy who had done nothing to him it was almost like he was
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getting a thrill out of it perhaps because he had done in the past and enjoyed it so much or because he wanted
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more Street Credibility by using this knife and really didn't care about the
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consequences this was a very very quick confrontation started by Alex Lanning on the opposite
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platform and then carried through to the attack on Tashan and his friend so we now have Alex Landing
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my main priority is him and finding out everything I possibly can about his friends Associates where he lives his
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family try to put things in place to identify and catch him in relation to this murder
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the killer and his accomplished go on the run it tells you a little bit about them these are not a pair of individuals
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who are going to hand themselves in they're not going to acknowledge what they've done and what they have taken
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from tashan's family so they're clearly not really thinking about this in a way
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that serves anybody other than themselves we established that Alex lanning's
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iPhone had turned back on which gave us hope of identifying where his location would be but it quickly transpired that
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Alex Langley had sold his iPhone with the assistance of of two friends in a local second-hand shop in Uxbridge and
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have received a significant amount of money the problem then for us carrying out a Manhunt was they now have funds so
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it makes it harder because they can go further and actually stay off the police radar for longer which is a frustration
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foreign work in relation to Alex Landing what his life was about his family his friends his associates people he'd been
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in prison with we're doing all of that research but I still have another suspect
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outstanding four hours after the name of Alex Landing came through we received intelligence that linked A Jojo that's
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all we had a nickname on Sunday the 29th in the early hours we found a nickname of Jojo was running a drug slide in the
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southwest further research on jojo gave us a custom image and he matched the CCTV from Hillingdon
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and the blackmail Jonathan Camille Johnson Camille only had a previous caution in relation to drugs but there
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was Intelligence linking Jonathan Camille to drug Supply not just in that area of Hillingdon but also wider field
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Jonathan Camille was somebody who was known to the police because he'd been involved in county lines drug dealing so
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that's trafficking drugs from one area of the UK to another now a lot of young
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boys are often recruited into county lines so they are exploited and it's possible that he had been exploited as a
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youth but as an adult he had continued drug dealing and at that point he is fully responsible for his actions
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we had a Manhunt we were trying to find Alex Lanning and Jonathan Camille who were doing their
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best to evade Us in London and the home counties so the needle in the haystack Springs to
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mind what I found very very difficult was having to speak to the family regularly
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and just to keep them on board that we were doing everything we could and that we knew who they were
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it was just we just had to find them I was more scared for my daughter Oceana because how close it happened to home
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how close we lived from the station a small prayer to protect her while they were still on the Run
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so I started to think how am I going to actually capture Alex Lanning and Jonathan Camille
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we found Jonathan Camille through his family Associates and we started monitoring his movements
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but my main focus was Alex Lanning he was the one that had used that weapon and I needed Alex Landing in custody
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[Music] well I've got a choice to make in a restaurant from Camille and then
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potentially Alex Lanning goes further and further away more under the radar but I felt that we were getting closer
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and closer to Alex Lanning with that link to Jonathan Camille and I knew that I had to get Alex Landing in custody
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the police at this point would be looking at their mobile phones tracing where calls are coming from they'd be
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looking at whether there's a digital print of them so are they spending money
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anywhere on their bank cards put some triggers in place and that involved some friends who'd been
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involved in assisting Alex Lanning selling his mobile phone and also looking at a cellmate that Alex Landing
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had spent five months in prison with so we were looking at those Associates we started arresting individuals or
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applying some form of police pressure in relation to making Camille and Lanning come out to make them meet with each
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other my hypothesis is Jonathan Camille was going to lead us to Alex Landing we actually lost the surveillance on
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Camille I was under intense pressure but I've got a very very supportive team and I
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have an incredibly supportive family into Sean's family and they were kept up to date as best I
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could I don't think my heart actually worked on those 10 days it was really really
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nerve-wracking because I didn't want my son to shine Killers to be on the Run
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we have phone activation and we managed to obtain surveillance again on Jonathan
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Camille in central London where he met with Alex Lanning we then continued that surveillance through Central London
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along Oxford Street they were located in court in the cheap side area of London on October the 4th 2019 Lanning and
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Camille Camille were arrested so this was after 10 days on the Run a great sense of relief when we were
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able to inform the family that we'd kept good on our promise we're going to arrest the individuals
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involved in killing to Sean they'd supported me through those 10 days of that investigation
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when I made that promise and they'd kept faith I must say The British transport police
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was really really good with us every little bit leading up to the arrest they would keep us in touch let us know how
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close what they're planning to do what the situation is and exactly what they
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said to us that they wanted to catch both of them together not just one and the other they did exactly what they did
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and caught the both of them together knowing that they're called to them some
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form of Justice could be served in order to put my son to rest properly Alex Landing was interviewed at length
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around the murder he chose to answer all comments no comments and gave no indication or remorse during those
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interviews Jonathan Camille was also interviewed during custody where he prepared a
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statement and that statement basically denied his involvement in the murder [Music]
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and that was really all that he said [Music] the memorial that we had for tasham was
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as good as it could be it was emotional however it was a good way to celebrate to Sean's life
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is looking down on us right now I haven't truly believe he knows how much he was loved from family to friends to
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Sean's honorable he cared for everyone and he always done his best to make everyone around the world
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healing then literally came into a standstill the gospel singing um the live band
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the amount of people told me it was about a thousand people there on that day our Sam was fresh flying funky because
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that's the person that sisham was we all wore trainers Sean loved his trainers
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we listen to his favorite music everyone kind of got together to celebrate the amazing person to Sean was
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so many people said they've never been to to something like that in the end of
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time it was just made us really proud um Tashan that we were able to give to Sean that
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send off we will all never forget you our best friend our brother our family may you
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rest in Eternal peace I love you brother thank you I think he was with us in spirit and I
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think he would have been happy with the turnout and also all the loved ones that
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were there to celebrate his life it made me proud to call to Sean my brother because he made me and so many other
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people in the Supreme Court the rest of everyone I love you [Applause] [Music] when we received back the DNA analysis
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from that murder weapon it just confirmed what we already knew that supporting evidence that Alex Lange's
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DNA was on that murder weapon unfortunately along with the DNA of Deshawn Daniels
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the process is always a very daunting one probably made even more so by it being the most famous court in the land
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the old bayley I get nervous at the Old Bailey I can only imagine how nervous and traumatic it was for the family
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we had to gear ourselves up for the trial but I've never been to court we've never
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experienced anything like this so we were psyching ourselves up for it I particularly were very very scared
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because when we first set eyes on the two lads they had no remorse whatsoever no remorse
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and that it was painful painful in court we were able to find out exactly what had happened we were able
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to also watch it on the CCTV as well and how DeSean did spend the last moments of
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his life and that my friend was also pleading to DeSean to to hang on and to do the best he could to stay alive and
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it just goes to show the damage that one that knife did and to the power that the
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attacker did use to harm to Sean foreign [Music] when it was the first day of the trial
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he had looked back at us quite a lot of times and I just remember questioning like how do you have the audacity to
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look at us in the eye lannin he did not look up subtle he kind of kept himself to himself he didn't
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turn back he looked straight at the judge Alex Lanning he admitted the manslaughter but claimed that it was an
00:37:57
accident that Tashan had fallen on the knife and then those defenses seemed to change
00:38:05
and morph slightly during the trial but he always denied the murder when I heard the defense's story I was
00:38:15
just shocked really I think that's the best way to describe it I couldn't
00:38:19
believe the stuff that they were saying the defense team tried to make it out that desean's phone starting the
00:38:29
altercation by saying what you're looking at and to Sean had fired a punch to one of
00:38:36
the guys [Music] but he was actually trying to block himself when he watched the footage
00:38:44
Deshawn was literally trying to protect himself within a Split Second he did that to my child
00:38:53
defense team saying it was an accident it was not an accident it was actually he went out there to do
00:39:03
something to somebody you do not walk the street with the type of knife that he walked with
00:39:10
so I hatred really and it's not you know our nature to be like that but just for an immense hatred that two
00:39:19
people could do something like that to someone else go on the run for 10 days and some of the stuff that we heard in
00:39:25
court was heartbreaking received a life sentence in relation to murder he will not be eligible for
00:39:39
parole for 25 years and Jonathan Camille was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to six years and six months
00:39:48
for his part in the event and I think that is appropriate the fact that Jonathan Camille wasn't
00:39:58
responsible for the blade being forced into tashard's chest nevertheless his
00:40:05
specific involvement during that violence was a catalyst to all of the events and
00:40:11
he has to accept his responsibility for the death of Tashan almost as much as Alex Lanning
00:40:20
the nature of these offenses was entirely impulsive and completely Reckless truly it could have happened to anybody
00:40:30
on that platform that day and unfortunately it just so happened to happen to DeShawn
00:40:40
this was like a five minute event Alex landing on one platform starting a confrontation an argument for
00:40:50
no reason and he could have just walked away and he didn't and now the family are left with that
00:40:59
huge hole and they can't feel that as parents we had to watch in disbelief as the paramedics worked on our son's
00:41:14
lifeless body on that platform at Hillingdon a platform which we will never be able
00:41:19
to use again [Music] it's frightening to think that all of this can come from a glance you look at
00:41:35
the wrong person in a certain kind of way that they interpret as a funny look or a dirty look this is across a train
00:41:44
platform chances are that he wasn't even looking at them in the first place and
00:41:49
if he were so what this is a frightening part about this the fact that violence can spring from
00:41:59
such a tiny tiny trigger [Music] I feel upset for my brother he didn't get to have those dreams that he wanted
00:42:19
and it's just foreign say how angry I feel about how he was killed because someone didn't like the way he looked at
00:42:34
him part of my heart is broken and it's never going to be mended ever again [Music]
00:42:53
[Music] it would have been beautiful to see how his life would have planned out it would have been beautiful to see that
00:43:00
because he's a good human being he's a loving human being I missed Ashan every single day
00:43:10
and there's not a day that goes by way I don't think about him there's not a day
00:43:13
that goes by that don't think about what he'd be doing right now with his
00:43:17
Athletics with him smashing the goals we used to watch Tashan train here we used to watch him compete here so it's
00:43:29
full of lots of good good good family memories actually it's a massive huge hole in our hearts
00:43:37
and real lives I think everyone's got their own memories of Tashan it's definitely fun happy memories of
00:43:48
him I don't really recall any bad words or bad memories of that anyone has to save
00:43:53
to Sean and for me as his dad as his I'm really pleased to hear that um I know that we raised a fine young man
00:44:04
and to hear the amazing words I've said about him with joy as you can see not much has really changed apart from
00:44:18
this little bum fluff on my face but thank you very much teacher in year six and uh I wish you all the best in your
00:44:24
next chapter of your life [Music] foreign

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This episode stands out for the following:

  • 95
    Most heartbreaking
  • 90
    Most emotional
  • 90
    Best performance
  • 85
    Most shocking

Episode Highlights

  • A Kind Soul Remembered
    Tashan was a thoughtful and caring individual, loved by all who knew him.
    “He was thoughtful, he was caring and he wanted the best for everyone.”
    @ 00m 22s
    November 10, 2022
  • Tragic Incident at the Station
    A fight escalates into a stabbing, leaving a community in shock.
    “Reports were a fight of a stabbing, a male being seriously injured.”
    @ 01m 08s
    November 10, 2022
  • The Horrific Reality
    Witnesses describe the chaos and bloodshed at the train station.
    “There was an awful lot of blood, obviously distressed people still around.”
    @ 08m 47s
    November 10, 2022
  • The Investigation Begins
    Detectives quickly realize the attack was unprovoked and targeted.
    “It seemed to be completely and utterly unprovoked.”
    @ 17m 16s
    November 10, 2022
  • Finding the Suspects
    DNA evidence leads to the identification of a known criminal.
    “Alex Lanning was known to the police, having served time for stabbing someone.”
    @ 23m 48s
    November 10, 2022
  • The Manhunt Intensifies
    The investigation into Alex Lanning and Jonathan Camille escalates as they evade capture.
    “We were trying to find Alex Lanning and Jonathan Camille who were doing their best to evade us.”
    @ 28m 19s
    November 10, 2022
  • The Arrest
    After ten days on the run, Lanning and Camille are finally apprehended in London.
    “A great sense of relief when we were able to inform the family that we’d kept good on our promise.”
    @ 31m 43s
    November 10, 2022
  • A Heartfelt Memorial
    A memorial service celebrates Tashan's life, filled with love and remembrance.
    “We will all never forget you our best friend, our brother.”
    @ 34m 42s
    November 10, 2022
  • Trial and Testimony
    The trial reveals shocking details about the events leading to Tashan's death.
    “When I heard the defense's story I was just shocked really.”
    @ 38m 12s
    November 10, 2022
  • Sentencing
    Lanning receives a life sentence while Camille is sentenced to six years for manslaughter.
    “He will not be eligible for parole for 25 years.”
    @ 39m 35s
    November 10, 2022

Episode Quotes

  • He just turned 20.
    Subway Attack: The Murder of Tashan Daniel | Murdered at First Sight
  • I still couldn’t get my head around it.
    Subway Attack: The Murder of Tashan Daniel | Murdered at First Sight
  • He was in no way connected to the man who chose to kill him.
    Subway Attack: The Murder of Tashan Daniel | Murdered at First Sight
  • It was just we just had to find them.
    Subway Attack: The Murder of Tashan Daniel | Murdered at First Sight
  • It just goes to show the damage that one knife did.
    Subway Attack: The Murder of Tashan Daniel | Murdered at First Sight
  • Part of my heart is broken and it’s never going to be mended.
    Subway Attack: The Murder of Tashan Daniel | Murdered at First Sight

Key Moments

  • A Kind Soul00:22
  • Tragic Incident01:08
  • Investigation Launched17:16
  • Identifying the Suspects23:48
  • Arrest31:43
  • Memorial34:42
  • Trial38:12
  • Sentencing39:35

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