The mother of 19-year-old Temur Qureshi - who died after being stabbed in Langley last year - has described her son's killer as a 'sick monster'.
Jack Patterson, 18, of Stile Road, Slough, was jailed for nine years today (May 31).
He had previously pleaded guilty to Mr Qureshi's manslaughter, and was cleared of murder at trial in April.
Patterson stabbed Mr Qureshi with a hunting knife after chasing him on a motorised scooter on September 30, 2023.
The victim fled on foot and called 999, telling the handler: 'I've been stabbed. I'm going to die.'
At trial, Patterson argued he brandished the blade in self-defence.
But Judge Heather Norton expressed her disbelief over this claim at Reading Crown Court today.
She told the defendant: "In my view, on the basis of all of the evidence, no element of self-defence arose in this case at all, or at any stage.
"To the contrary: the evidence is overwhelming that this was a deliberate assault by you."
At sentencing, the victim's mother, Tatiana Qureshi, told Patterson she would never forgive him for killing her son.
She said of the killing: "It was as if a part of my very soul was torn away, leaving behind nothing but an empty shell of the person I once was.
"Who I am now, without him by my side, is a question I ask myself every moment of every day."
Mr Qureshi lived for less than an hour after being stabbed - but he was able to give emergency workers the name of the assailant before he died.
Police rushed to Patterson's home - but he had already fled to a relative's house in Birmingham.
Judge Norton said of this: "I have no doubt that these actions were in a vain attempt to avoid arrest."
Patterson was arrested days later, and charged with murder - which he was subsequently cleared of at trial.
It emerged at sentencing that the defendant had been present during the fatal stabbing of Abdul Aziz Ansari in May 2022.
He was himself arrested over the killing, but never charged.
Patterson attributed his decision to carry a knife partly to trauma from this event.
Judge Norton said the defendant was suspected by police of committing "many other" gang and weapons-related offences.
However, as he was never formally convicted of these, they could not be factored into sentencing.
Patterson has been jailed for nine years, of which he will serve half in a young offender institution before becoming eligible for release.
Noting that he has shown a lack of remorse since the stabbing, Judge Norton expressed hope for his rehabilitation.
She mused: "It may be that the Jack Patterson that comes out of prison may be a different person to the Jack Patterson who goes into youth detention."
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