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Thursday 18 December 2014

'Monstrous' handyman who beat his ex-partner to death with a hammer before slashing his baby daughter's throat with a machete is jailed for 35 years


Roland McKoy inflicted fatal injuries on Valerie Forde with a hammer, machete and screwdriver before killing 22-month-old Real Jahzara out of 'spite and resentment' at being told to leave the family home in Hackney, east London (right). There were cheers from family and friends at the Old Bailey today after a jury took just two and a half hours to find McKoy guilty of the two murders. Jailing him for life with a minimum of 35 years, Judge Charles Wide said he had not shown 'one iota of regret' for what he had done.
A killer faces spending the rest of his life behind bars for battering his ex-partner to death with a sickening array of weapons and slashing his baby daughter's throat.
Roland McKoy inflicted horrific injuries on Valerie Forde with a hammer, machete and screwdriver before killing 22-month-old Real Jahzara out of 'spite and resentment' at being told to leave the family home in Hackney, east London.
There were cheers from family and friends at the Old Bailey after a jury took just two and a half hours to find McKoy guilty of the two murders.
Jailing him for life with a minimum of 35 years, Judge Charles Wide said he had not shown 'one iota of regret' for what he had done.
He told him: 'You have been convicted of the deliberate, horrific killing of Valerie and your 22-month-old child, Jahzara.
'You did it out of spite and resentment that Valerie at long last had the strength and resolve to say that enough is enough and you had to go.
'You thought she was going to back down but she didn't and that was an affront to your monstrous egotism.'
Mrs Forde had suffered 33 separate blows to her head and body from McKoy, who wielded the hammer, screwdriver and machete in turn in a sustained attack, the judge said.
He told McKoy that his actions had caused 'grievous loss and distress to a close and loving family and community'.
Members of Mrs Forde's family wept as victim impact statements were read out in court.
Mrs Forde's 28-year-old daughter Carrise - who overheard the murders on a phone - said they had been in a living nightmare since the murders.
She wrote: 'Time will never heal the hurt the loss, the pain, the betrayal and the yearning to hear their voices and laughter.'
The court had heard that 54-year-old handyman McKoy attacked Mrs Forde as she got ready to leave for work on March 31 this year - the deadline she had set for him to move out of the three-bedroom terrace house.
Flowers at the scene in Hackney, north London home where McKoy murdered Valerie Forde, 45, and 22-month-old Jahzara in March this year
Flowers at the scene in Hackney, north London home where McKoy murdered Valerie Forde, 45, and 22-month-old Jahzara in March this year

Afterwards, he drank bleach and left a perverse note on Mrs Forde's face which was stained with Jahzara's blood, blaming her for what happened.
It read: 'Valerie Forde you never stop playing derty ticks (sic) for many years on all people places and things you targets. Now the world must see the sudden destru..tions you creates in our families, our home and on yourself. Our fame in history. Roland.'
During the trial, McKoy carried on blaming the 45-year-old community project manager despite the overwhelming weight of evidence against him.
He claimed that she was 'jealous' of his close relationship with Jahzara and she killed her own child while in the grip of a demonic 'trance' - thinking that he was about to take her away with him.
The brutal killings were overheard on the phone by Mrs Forde's older daughter, Carrise, who attended court during McKoy's trial
The brutal killings were overheard on the phone by Mrs Forde's older daughter, Carrise, who attended court during McKoy's trial
After finding the baby dead on the landing, he said he went to confront Mrs Forde in the bathroom and hit her with a hammer in 'self-defence'.
He said: 'Maybe I just felt like I was floating. I could not get away even though I wanted to get away. I just couldn't control myself. When I saw the baby dead, I just did not know.'
But prosecutor Ed Brown QC said McKoy had concocted a fictitious version of events.
He said: 'It is plain that the defendant had attacked Valerie Forde with the hammer, slashed her face and neck with the machete and stabbed her multiple times with the screwdriver.
'It is equally clear from the evidence that the defendant used that same machete to cut Jahzara's neck from one side to the other. Each attack was a brutal one.'
The court was told Carrise listened on an open phone line in horror to the screams of her half-sister while McKoy was attacking their mother.
She called the police, who went to the house in Oswald's Meade and found Mrs Forde and Jahzara dead.
McKoy was curled up in a foetal position beside them, surrounded by weapons. When he was roused, he was sick and his vomit smelled of bleach, the court heard.
The prosecution said McKoy, who emigrated from Jamaica in the 1980s, had made a series of threats against his family before the murders.
In January this year, Mrs Forde texted her sister saying: 'I have to be very very careful and pray for my safety each day and night.'
The following month, she reported him to police after he told a neighbour that he was going to burn the house down with everyone including himself inside.
McKoy said a neighbour had informed him that police followed up the report and went round to the house - but they left after finding that neither he nor Mrs Forde was at home.
Emotions ran high during the trial, which was attended by some of Mrs Forde's friends and family.
Jurors were reduced to tears as the victim's text messages were read out and a man in the public gallery stormed out while McKoy was in the witness box.
After the verdict, Mrs Forde's family said: 'No matter how many years he receives, it will not bring Valerie and Jahzara back. The pain will still continue for our family for the rest of our lives.'
In the weeks leading up to the murders, McKoy, 54,  became 'jealous and difficult' and made repeated threats against Mrs Forde, the court heard
In the weeks leading up to the murders, McKoy, 54, became 'jealous and difficult' and made repeated threats against Mrs Forde, the court heard

They added: 'His actions have destroyed the lives of Valerie and Jahzara's family, friends and the wider community in Hackney. Their deaths will not be in vain.'
Investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Charles King said: 'Research has shown that women are at greatest risk of homicide at the point of separation or after leaving a violent partner.
'What Roland McKoy did on that day in March almost defies belief, but it is a stark warning that extreme violence within such relationships is a very real possibility.
'McKoy lost control as the reality hit home that Valerie was adamant he must leave and carried out a horrific attack with a variety of weapons. Not only did he vent his fury at his partner but he also killed his baby daughter.'
Following the murders, the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is investigating and their probe is understood to be near completion.
Five police officers are being investigated for alleged gross misconduct and four for misconduct. A police staff member has also been served notice of investigation.


 Via - Dailymail.

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