WHY?: Ricky Preddie
ONE OF schoolboy Damilola Taylor’s killers was pictured mocking the 10-year-old victim as he left court today.
Ricky Preddie, 26, from Sydenham, southeast London, walked around with a note that read 'Real Justice For Damiola Taylor' – the incorrect spelling of his victim, Damilola's name.
Killers: Ricky Preddie (right) and his brother Danny (left) who were jailed after being convicted of Damilola Taylor's manslaughter
He appeared before Hammersmith Magistrates to deny a string of nine offences including driving without a licence and a separate offence for trespassing on railway property.
The young offender was granted unconditional bail to return for a one-day trial at Westminster Magistrates Court in December.
In 2006, Preddie and his brother Danny were sentenced to eight years for manslaughter after stabbing 10-year-old Damilola in the leg with a broken bottle.
Damilola's family had moved from Nigeria to London that summer in search of a better life before the fatal attack in 2000.
May 2013 - Ricky Preddie is released after serving every day of his eight-year sentence
Anguish: Damilola's parents Richard (second from right) and Gloria Taylor meet former Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie in 2001, a year after the 10-year-old schoolboy was killed
Grief: Damilola's aunt Dorcas Fayemi lays flowers at the spot where her nephew was murdered in November 2000
Grief: Damilola's coffin is taken to his funeral at All Saint's Church, Plumstead, after a killing which shocked Britain
Stabbing: Damilola Taylor bled to death after being stabbed with a broken bottle in this stairwell in Peckham, south east London
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