Four guilty of murder of Jordan Briscoe after extensive CCTV, phone and forensic evidence proves their guilt

Four men have been convicted of murder after detectives gathered extensive CCTV, phone and forensic evidence to prove their guilt.

On Friday, 22 March at the Old Bailey, Karl Black, 43 (06.10.80) of Cassiobury Road E17, Jahoe Allen, 33 (.19.04.90) of Kings Road UB8, Ayyub Kigoz, 18 (.30.04.05) of Salop Road E17 and Jabir Sitar, 21 (.29.06.02) of Clacton Road E17 were all found guilty of murdering 25-year-old Jordan Briscoe in Tottenham in March 2023 after luring him to the scene on the premise of a drugs deal.

Christina Manen, 36 (.02.04.87) of Lancaster Close, Ramsgate, was found guilty of manslaughter.

Kigoz was also found guilty of robbing Jordan around the time of his death of his mobile phone.

Detective Chief Inspector Linda Bradley, who led the investigation, said: “Jordan’s family remain devastated by his loss and our thoughts continue to remain with them.

“These four men carried out a pre-meditated and violent attack after luring Jordan to the scene. They all gave evidence during their trial, but tried to blame each other. The jury saw through their lies. Our investigation showed that Black planned the attack with others and used Manen to lure Jordan from his home address, with her also knowing that really serious harm was likely to be caused to him.

“We are pleased the jury accepted our evidence and that these four male defendants will now face a significant amount of time behind bars.”

Police were called to Arnold Road, N15 at around 22:15hrs on Sunday, 5 March 2023. Officers began first aid, alongside colleagues from the London Ambulance Service, but Jordan was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at hospital.

A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be sharp force trauma to the chest.

An investigation was launched and specialist murder detectives worked tirelessly to piece together the events of the evening.

A phone belonging to Jordan, which was found at the scene, showed he had sent a message to 21 recipients earlier that evening, offering cannabis for sale.

Call records revealed that shortly after sending the message, Manen rang Jordan and then sent him a message with an address of where to meet so she could purchase drugs.

In reality, she was not even in London and was luring him to an address, knowing others would be there to meet him.

CCTV shows Jordan leaving his house to make the deal. At around 21:53hrs, doorbell footage recovered by officers shows a group surround and talk to Jordan for around 11 minutes, asking him about drugs, his name and age and his religion.

They then move out of the camera’s view and carry out the fatal attack. One person can be heard saying ‘let’s go let’s go’ before they are captured leaving the scene.

The team gathered CCTV from before and after the murder, which showed the group meeting up at Black’s address in Cassiobury Road, before heading to the ambush site, several miles away. Whilst Black had planned the attack, he tried to distance himself by remaining out of Arnold Road, but close enough to control what was happening.

Just before they left E17, Allen is seen outside of the house appearing to do a jabbing motion towards the stomach area, pre-empting what was about to happen.

Jordan’s girlfriend told police that a man wearing a ski mask had come to her home to say Jordan had been involved in an altercation. He told her it ‘wasn’t looking good for him’, before asking if she found him attractive. He then led her towards Arnold Road where she came across the police cordon. Officers were able to match the description she provided with the CCTV images to conclude this had been Jahoe Allen.

All four will be sentenced on Monday, 29 April.