Mother of man fatally shot outside party tells of ‘anger, hurt and pain’
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The mother of a man who was fatally shot outside a children’s birthday party in north-east London has told of the “anger, hurt and pain” she feels towards his killers. Kammar Henry-Richards, known as Kay-O, was found guilty of murdering Kacey Boothe on August 13 2022 after boasting on video that the victim was killed with the same gun that injured Mr Boothe’s brother two years earlier.
The 26-year-old was convicted alongside three others over Mr Boothe’s death, as well as a plot to murder the intended target Khalid Samanter. Mr Boothe, 25, was shot as he got into his car outside the first birthday party of Mr Samanter’s child at the Peterhouse Community Centre in Walthamstow.
The two groups of men were associated with rival gangs, the court heard. Henry-Richards, Ka’mani Brightly-Donaldson, 25, of Romford, Jeffrey Gyimah, 23, and Joao Pateco-Te, 28, both of Hackney, were found guilty of murder in December last year following a trial.
They were also convicted of conspiracy to murder Mr Samanter and conspiracy to possess a firearm or firearms with intent to endanger life. Brightly-Donaldson was also convicted of having a prohibited firearm. Roody Thomas, 27, of Birmingham, admitted having a prohibited firearm, but other charges against him were not proceeded with.
Marcia Rowe, Mr Boothe’s mother, said in an impact statement that there is “no limit to the endless suffering we all feel and must live with every day”. In the statement, read by the prosecution at a sentencing hearing at the Old Bailey on Monday, she continued: “This unexplained callous murder has taken away Kacey’s dreams and aspirations, at the age of just 25 when he had his whole life ahead of him.
