Killer who slashed teen Jimmy Mizen to death with a glass plate is set for parole showdown after 14 years behind bars
THE killer who slashed teenager Jimmy Mizen to death with a glass plate is set to face a parole showdown after 14 years behind bars.
Jake Fahri hurled a glass dish in the 16-year-old schoolboy’s face in a bakery shop in Lee, South East London, on May 10 2008.
Fahri, who was 19 at the time, was convicted of his murder and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 14 years.
He will now face the Parole Board on May 5 – almost 15 years after Jimmy’s senseless murder.
Jimmy’s family have said they will not attend following delays to his case, with his mum Margaret saying: “We can but we’re not going to.”
Jimmy – who had only turned 16 the day before the attack – had gone out to buy his first lottery ticket when the fatal fight took place.
He was in the Three Cooks Bakery in Burnt Ash Hill with his brother, Harry, when thug Fahri struck.
During the fight he grabbed a glass baking dish and threw it in Jimmy’s face, fatally wounding him.
The case was originally due to be heard by the Parole Board last year but has been delayed.
In the aftermath of the killing, his parents Margaret and Barry set up the Mizen Foundation to spread a message of peace.
They visit schools, churches, prisons and workplaces to talk about Jimmy and build more peaceful communities.
Margaret said on the foundation’s website: “After Jimmy died, when the house went quiet, we would be round my kitchen table and we would be sitting laughing about Jimmy.
“In those early days, we would be laughing as well as crying, trying to make sense of it, but we had a lot of laughter remembering and talking about Jimmy.
“I meet a lot of families who have lost loved ones to murder, who are driven with anger.
“But it’s so destructive to the family. People blame each other and argue – but anger is so damaging.
“The pain it causes on top of the pain of losing a child can destroy families.
“The day Jimmy died I promised him two things; one, I would keep his name alive and two, I would dedicate my life to working for peace.”
A spokesperson for the Parole Board confirmed the oral hearing would take place on May 5.