Tag Archives: Jermaine Cools

Man shot in New Addington is father of murdered teenager

Posted on December 28, 2024 by insidecroydon

The victim of a shooting in New Addington earlier this week was Julius Cools, the father of Jermaine Cools, one of Croydon’s tragic teenaged victims of knife crime. Jermaine Cools was 14 when he was stabbed and killed near West … Continue reading →

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Walker sentenced to 19 years for murder of Jermaine Cools

Posted on May 10, 2023 by insidecroydon

The killer of a 14-year-old boy on London Road in 2021 is ‘a habitual knife carrier’ who six weeks before the murder was  arrested on a bus in Croydon and found to be in possession of ‘a very large zombie-style … Continue reading →

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17-year-old pleads guilty to the murder of Jermaine Cools

Posted on January 10, 2023 by insidecroydon

The teenager who stabbed to death 14-year-old Jermaine Cools on London Road, West Croydon, in November 2021, yesterday appeared at the Old Bailey where he entered a guilty plea. Cools was the youngest of five Croydon teens that were killed … Continue reading →

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16-year-old arrested in Jermaine Cools murder investigation

Posted on December 28, 2021 by insidecroydon

The police have made an arrest in the investigation into the murder of 14-year-old Jermaine Cools at West Croydon on November 18. Cools was the third teenager to be killed in a knife crime attack in Croydon in 2021, one … Continue reading →

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Family of murdered 14-year-old speak out: ‘We forgive them’

Posted on November 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

The family of 14-year-old Jermaine Cools, who died on Thursday night after being stabbed in a fight near West Croydon Station, has spoken out for the first time since the incident to say that they forgive their son’s killers. Jermaine … Continue reading →

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Family ‘devastated’ by murder of 14-year-old Jermaine Cools

Posted on November 22, 2021 by insidecroydon

The Metropolitan Police has named the victim of Thursday night’s fatal stabbing in West Croydon as Jermaine Cools. The 14-year-old died of multiple stab wounds after presenting at a south London hospital shortly after 7pm that night, following a fight … Continue reading →

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