Aren Mali

Aren Mali was stabbed in the neck in North End, Croydon on 29 October 2017 at about 7pm during an altercation.

Two 17-year-old youths, Youth A and Youth B were tried for his murder but acquitted. They were first tried in February 2018, however, Youth A was acquitted on 9 March due to a lack of evidence and the jury failed to reach a verdict on Youth B and a retrial was arranged but Youth B was also acquitted at the second trial on 5 September 2018, after he claimed that he had stabbed Aren Mali in self-defence. Both of the youths had pleaded not guilty to murder as well as not guilty to possessing offensive weapons.