Croydon: Murderers who stabbed man to death after using ‘tracker device’ have sentences lengthened

Two men who stabbed a Croydon man to death have been given an extra two years in prison as their original sentences were judged too lenient.

Donald Owusu and Harvey Macfoy used a tracker device to find Albert Amofa, who they believed was carrying cannabis, on December 15, 2019, and stabbed him outside his home.

Mr Amofa, 33, was stabbed five times in his upper leg hitting his femoral artery and died from his injuries two days later as Owusu and Macfoy fled the scene empty handed.

Owusu, 25, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder with a minimum term of 25 years and Macfoy, 26, 21 years as well as an additional 20-month sentence to run concurrently for intending to pervert the course of justice.

However, the Court of Appeal received a referral from parties who believed the sentences were too low and then upheld the judgement in a hearing on Thursday.

The court raised Owusu’s minimum sentence to 27 years and Macfoy’s to 23 years’ imprisonment.

Speaking after the hearing, solicitor general Michael Tomlinson said: “The senseless and vicious murder of Albert Amofa has caused immeasurable pain and suffering to his family, and my thoughts are with them today.

“I welcome the court’s decision to increase both sentences today as I believe they better reflect the intent behind this awful attack.”