THIS is the moment a ferocious machete-wielding teen killer stormed into a clothing store in Ipswich as he hunted down a young man.
Joshua Howell and his thug friend Alfie Hammett, both 19, were handed life sentences today for stabbing Raymond James Quigley, 18, to death in January 2023.
Suffolk police today released the footage that tracked the pair’s movements prior to the attack as they skulked around Ipswich’s town centre on January 17, 2023.
Dressed in hoodies with their faces covered by masks and brandishing large knives, police said that Howell and Hammett found Mr Quigley and attacked him.
Cops explained that Hammett ran directly towards the victim and stabbed him, while Howell chased after one of his friend’s who ran for safety in a nearby shop.
The police did not provide the actual footage of the fatal attack.
However, other dramatic footage captured the moment that Howell charged into the clothing shop with a huge machete as he attempted to locate Mr Quigley’s friend.
The frenzied killer is seen desperately running between the clothing rails before losing the other man and returning to the street.
Meanwhile, the video also shows Hammett – who stabbed Mr Quigley at least six times – sprinting from the scene of the crime, which took place at around 3.35pm on Westgate Street.
Mr Quigley had managed to stagger across the road for help but later died at the scene.
A post-mortem examination concluded that he had suffered fatal wounds to the torso, chest and abdomen in what police called a “senseless act of extreme violence”.
Hammett and Howell appeared at Ipswich Crown Court today to be sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum custodial terms of 24 years and 20 years respectively.
They had both been found guilty on January 26 of murdering Mr Quigley after a tense trial that lasted over five weeks.
The pair were both also found guilty of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
Howell was further convicted of threatening another person with a bladed article.
The court heard that the motive for the attack was most likely due rivalling gangs from Norwich.
Mr Quigley had an association with a gang called ‘OTM’, which stands for ‘Only The Money’.
Hammett was associated with a rival gang called ‘3rdside’, while Howell had links to the Nacton gang in Ipswich – also known as ‘IP3’ – who the prosecution claimed cooperated with 3rdside.
Calls had been made between two individuals belonging to 3rdside and the other with IP3 before the attack.
Immediately following these calls, both Howell and Hammett received calls from their respective gangs.
Within minutes, the pair of thugs left their homes in Ipswich and St Andrew and made their way towards a meeting place to begin locating their victim.
CCTV footage caught almost all their movements prior to the attack until they fled the scene and ran back home.
Detective Chief Inspector Tam Burgess called the attack “a horrific and completely senseless act of extreme violence” as he paid tribute to the victim’s family and dignity throughout the trial.
“I am still staggered by the brazen way in which Hammett and Howell committed this heinous crime in such a public place, with numerous members of the public around and in full view of CCTV cameras.
“James Quigley was simply walking through town with his friends, when he was subjected to this unprovoked attack and without any opportunity to defend himself. He stood no chance.”
He added: “Across the country we are seeing too many deaths of this nature. This senseless loss of young lives has to stop.”
