Posted on local Newspapers web forums and sent to local journalists.

Statement:
"We, the chairs of the Safer Neighbourhoods Panels in Streatham, send out
our heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends of young James Andre
Smartt-Ford. We are shocked and saddened by the needless and senseless
violence that has taken his life at such a tender age. We deplore these
acts in all their forms, and at any age, and we urge anyone who has any
information about this, no matter how seemingly insignificant, to
contact the police with it. Those who do not wish to speak to the police Read more...