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[Guthlac]

http://www.dailymail...Day-Newham.html

Boy, 15, 'tortured to death with hammer and chisels on Christmas Day because relative thought he was a witch'

Kristy Bamu was killed by his sister and her boyfriend, Old Bailey is told

Boy eventually drowned in bath, in such pain he couldn't keep his head above water, court hears

Police recovered bloodstained pliers, a hammer chisel and several knives from the flat

A teenager was tortured to death by his sister and her boyfriend after they accused him of witchcraft, a court was told yesterday.

Kristy Bamu, 15, drowned in the bath of a blood-soaked flat on Christmas Day 2010 after begging to die in a ‘tale of horror’. He suffered 101 separate injuries as he was attacked with weapons including metal poles, pliers, knives, a hammer and heavy ceramic tiles.

His sister Magalie Bamu and her boyfriend Eric Bikubi, both 28, are accused of beating him to death because they believed he had been possessed by evil spirits.

In a ‘staggering act of depravity and cruelty’ they even forced his two brothers and two sisters, aged between 11 and 22, to join in the attacks, the Old Bailey was told.
The two sisters were also badly wounded after being accused of sorcery, black magic and witchcraft. The siblings had been sent from home in Paris by their parents to enjoy a festive break with their sister at her flat in Forest Gate, East London.

But the visit descended into an almost unimaginable nightmare of violence, the jury heard.

Prosecutor Brian Altman QC said the defendants were responsible for ‘unspeakable savagery’ over four days in the locked eighth-floor flat.

Those involved were originally from the Congo where ‘kindoki’ witchcraft pervades society, he said. It exists alongside the Christian church where religious leaders encourage fasting and purifying with water to exorcise spirits from children.

Mr Altman said: ‘We say that was what was practised by these two.

‘If the practice of kindoki is dislocated from the supervisory influence of religious leaders, it may take on a feral and, indeed, evil character.

‘The defendants were seeking Kristy’s deliverance and exorcism through the dealing out of ever-increasingly violent punishments.’

Paramedics discovered a scene of horror when Bamu dialled 999 and called them to her flat claiming Kristy had drowned in the bath.

Bikubi was trying to resuscitate the victim’s lifeless body as his soaking wet siblings screamed hysterically.

Kristy was covered in injuries and some of his teeth were missing. He had died from a combination of his injuries and drowning. Blood-stained clothes and weapons, including metal bars, blood-stained pliers, knives and a chisel lay everywhere.

A French-speaking paramedic managed to coax details from the victim’s 22-year-old sister, Kelly.

Mr Altman said: ‘She said Eric Bikubi had beaten her with a metal bar. She went on to explain that over the last four days Eric Bikubi had been abusing the 11-year-old sister, Kristy and herself.’

The jury was told the trip for the two sisters and two brothers began without incident. But the mood turned sour when football coach Bikubi accused Kristy and his two sisters of bewitching another child in the family. Despite their denials, he and Bamu beat the four of them and refused to let them eat, drink or sleep for days as Bikubi shouted ‘who’s controlling you’ at Kristy.

The couple ordered them to pray and chant through the night before joining attacks on Kristy.

At one point Kristy was made to kneel on the floor as floor tiles were smashed over his head. His teeth were smashed with a hammer and he was made to drink urine.

His sister is accused of egging on her boyfriend and joining the barbaric torture when he became tired, including one attack in which she used pliers to tear her brother’s ear.

When Kelly was caught only pretending to beat her brother, Bikubi forced a lightbulb into her mouth, grabbed her round the throat and held a knife to her chest.

When she asked Bamu why she was doing nothing to protect them, she allegedly replied they ‘deserved it’.

‘The children had no option other than to do as they were told or risk the same violence,’ Mr Altman said.

‘As Kristy’s injuries became ever more severe, he pleaded to be allowed to die.’
Dozens of calls were made to the children’s father, Pierre, in Paris, in which the couple claimed the children were sorcerers.

Kristy begged his father to pick him up warning that he would be killed but Mr Bamu did not believe his son as he regarded Bikubi as ‘pleasant and gentle’.

In the first seven hours of Christmas Day at least 45 calls were made to Paris and the parents eventually arranged to travel on December 27.

But it was too late. At around noon that day Kristy was thrown in the bath. He drowned as he was too badly injured to keep his head above water. His brothers and sisters were made to get in too and were hosed down as neighbours beat on the door because their homes were flooded.

A calm Bikubi even turned away a plumber sent by the council to investigate the leak just 20 minutes before emergency services were called.

Mr Altman said Kristy had tried to escape but it was ‘futile’ as the flat was locked: ‘There was no escape for him – or indeed for any of them.’

Bikubi, who is currently in Broadmoor, denies murder but admits manslaughter and assault on the grounds he was suffering from schizophrenia and was not responsible for his actions. Bamu denies murder and assault.
The trial continues.

[edmundy]

More benefits of 'multiculturalism' and 'diversity'...

[Saxon to the end]

Good old English name NOT   Have you noticed how the papers are full of bizarre killings like this all from foreigners of British passports or immigrants. There has always being murders but the different variety's is staggering.

[Andy]

These are the type of scum our leaders are importing into our country.

It was on the radio this morning that this couple were involved in an earlier assault on a girl a couple of years ago.
They should have been booted out of the country then this boy would still be alive.

[badger]

And still people try to convince me that Sir Francis Galton was a racist bigot!

[Mercian]

Ooooooh,I love african culture,its so colourful and vibrant.
Sarcasm off.
While i`m disgusted by this I`m not at all surprised by it,this is the kind of behaviour I expect from africans.

[southerner]

badger, on 06 January 2012 - 06:00 PM, said:

And still people try to convince me that Sir Francis Galton was a racist bigot!

I had to look it up Badger, to see who you were referring to.

http://galton.org/le...rTheChinese.htm

http://galton.org/

Sounds like he was a smart man to me.

[Guthlac]

And the Chinese have been doing their best to gain access to Africa's raw materials at any cost, and the world turns a blind eye. And they a have the nerve to slag off Rhodes.

While Japan basically owns Chile.

[Penda Of Teotta's Halh]

Absolutely mental.

[English_Dragon_Hatchling]

There are loads of African churches operating in London and elsewhere which offer exorcisms on children who are 'witches'. So, unfortunately, this horrible incident does not surprise me; the preachers at such churches easily sucker in their congregation to take part in these things.

[KingSaeward]

Well I for one am glad. How dare anyone go against the teachings of our merciful Lord Jesus Christ and be involved in the arts of Satan.

Burn him! Burn him! He turned me into a newt!

[Aengifu]

KingSaeward, on 08 January 2012 - 06:14 PM, said:

Burn him! Burn him! He turned me into a newt!

Bet you were pissed off as one.

[Oath-Bearer]

Aengifu, on 08 January 2012 - 06:45 PM, said:

Bet you were pissed off as one.

No one likes an angry newt

[Searu man]

KingSaeward, on 08 January 2012 - 06:14 PM, said:

Well I for one am glad. How dare anyone go against the teachings of our merciful Lord Jesus Christ and be involved in the arts of Satan.

Burn him! Burn him! He turned me into a newt!

You "got better" though, eh?

[Sceadugenden]

Surprisingly , The Mail has stopped comments for legal reasons, the reasons being are people like me , who say what they really think about the enricher's that foul my country.

[Guthlac]

Sceadugenden, on 11 January 2012 - 10:33 AM, said:

Surprisingly , The Mail has stopped comments for legal reasons, the reasons being are people like me , who say what they really think about the enricher's that foul my country.

The media are like this. When the truths hit home and ordinary people speak of the facts, the media dive for cover and try to deny all access and outlets for honest homes truths and facts to be expressed and aired.