Three teenagers jailed for life for killing father-of-two

Following a three-month trial at Winchester Crown Court Ismaila Kamarra-Jarra, 19, of Milton Close, Basingstoke; Je'daine Carty, 18, of Ferndown Close, Basingstoke; and Cohan Daley, 18, were found guilty of murdering Frantisek Olah.

Officers were called at 11.14pm on Sunday, May 22, last year, to a house in Musgrave Close, Brighton Hill.

Frantisek Olah was found inside with serious injuries and he was later pronounced dead in the early hours of Monday, May 23. He had just turned 31-years-old.

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The trial heard Mr Olah had been stabbed “up to 20 times” by the three teenagers who had barged into his home and "mercilessly cut him down" in his hallway.

The knife that was shown in court during the trial (Image: Hampshire police)

Sarah Jones KC, prosecuting, told jurors that Mr Olah and Carty knew each other, with Carty being in debt to Mr Olah for drugs.

She told the court: “Je’daine Carty, Ismaila Kamarra-Jarra and Cohan Daley arrived at Frantisek’s door and within an astonishingly short period of time he was lying on the floor of his hallway, just inside his own front door, bleeding to death from numerous stab wounds.

"They mercilessly cut him down with apparently little thought for what they were doing, whether they would be caught or whether others were likely to betray them.

“Their subsequent behaviour seems to suggest some of them may even have enjoyed the feeling of power or ruthlessness that appear to have possessed them and have revelled in the memories."

After killing the father-of-two the teenagers rapped and joked about it in the days following the murder.

During the sentencing, which was held at the same court on Friday, February 24 prosecutor Ms Jones said: "As the court heard Mr Olah was at home with his long-term partner Chelsea Lee with their two-year-old son who was asleep upstairs.

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"The three men arrived at the address. Mr Carty banged on the front door, the co-defendants wore masks and balaclavas. They barged through and immediately and mercilessly cut him down, each had a knife and used it."

The court also heard from members of Mr Olah's family including his mother Iveta Olahova who described her son as someone who "lights up the room", had a "joyous attitude" and "loved life".

In her statement, she said: "They viciously stabbed him to death until he laid in his own blood until he could not breathe.

"You might think you've won, you might have thought of this as cool. The only thing you have succeeded in doing is ruining your own lives."

In a statement also read out in court, Ms Lee said: "He was stabbed to death in front of me in our hallway, I now live my life in fear and I need to have people around me 24 hours a day. I am paranoid all the time and get anxious around new people. I can not be alone at home."

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In his sentencing, Judge Martin Spencer said: "You [Carty] told the court you decided to rob Mr Olah and that was your intention and nothing more. However, I find that this makes no sense, merely to have robbed him could have led to repercussions for you and would not have solved your problems. I say you decided to rid yourself of Olah by killing him."

He continued: “As soon as he opened the door you [Carty] pushed it hard causing him to fall, you had your knife out and immediately knifed him. I find you caused the two vicious chop wounds to his head. The other two followed you in immediately and Chelsea Lee saw all three of you stabbing Mr Olah.”

Kamarra-Jarra was sentenced to life, with a minimum term of 32 years. 

Carty and Daley were both jailed for life, with a minimum term of 29 years.