Promising rapper jailed for life after bragging about ‘tit-for-tat’ gang murder

Kammar Henry-Richards, known as Kay-O, was involved in the murder of Kacey Boothe on August 13 2022.

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Undated handout photo issued by Metropolitan Police of Kacey Boothe
Undated handout photo issued by Metropolitan Police of Kacey Boothe (Metropolitan Police/PA)

A promising drill artist and three gang associates have been jailed for life over the tit-for-tat revenge shooting of young father which was “glorified” in a rap video.

Kammar Henry-Richards, known as Kay-O, was involved in the murder of Kacey Boothe on August 13 2022 then boasted on video that the same gun was used to injure the victim’s brother two years earlier.

On Tuesday, the 26-year-old was jailed for life at the Old Bailey with a minimum term of 37 years for the murder.

Kammar Henry-Richards
Kammar Henry-Richards boasted about the killing in a drill video (Metropolitan Police/PA)

Judge Lynn Tayton KC said: “This was a planned revenge attack arising out of gang rivalry in the context of an ongoing pattern of serious tit-for-tat violence.

“It is sad that a young man with such bright prospects should have become involved in such offending.”

She noted that drill music played a “limited” part in the evidence in the case which also included CCTV and cell site data.

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, conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to possess a firearm or firearms with intent to endanger life.