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Jimmy Mizen’s mother slams his killer as ‘heartless’ after drill rapper who shamelessly boasted about violent murder of altar boy in lyrics is hauled back to jail for breaching parole

The heartbroken mother of murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen has slammed his killer as ‘heartless’ after he boasted of the violent murder and returned to prison.

Jake Fahri, also known as drill rapper TEN, was handed a life sentence in 2009 with a minimum term of 14 years for killing Jimmy by throwing an oven dish at him and was released in June 2023.

It emerged the killer was being looked into for gloating in rap videos about the altar boy’s murder, including with the line: ‘Watched him melt like Ben and Jerry’s.’

However, the 35-year-old was arrested by the Met Police on Thursday after facing calls that he breached his license by seeming to reference his offences in lyrics and filming a rap video inside a police-enforced exclusion zone.

Hours after the arrest, it was claimed on his social media that Jimmy and his brother started the fatal altercation – going against the evidence given in court.

Jimmy’s mother, Margaret Mizen, has now slammed the rapper as ‘heartless’.

She told The Sun: ‘It saddens me it could be so heartless. So much has happened in the last 48 hours. I need to sit with my family and digest what’s been going on. But what he’s said is making me feel a little bit sad.’

It comes after Jimmy’s family criticised the BBC after it played several of Fahri’s tracks on the radio.   

Jimmy's mother, Margaret Mizen, pictured, has now slammed the rapper as 'heartless'.

Jake Fahri

The thug was jailed for 14 years for murdering Jimmy in a south London bakery in 2008 before being released in June 2023

Fahri was showcased on BBC 1Xtra and lauded by DJ Theo Johnson as someone who ‘really stands out’.

This prompted Ms Mizen to criticise the corporation for ‘playing the songs of a murderer’. 

Announcing on Friday that he had been recalled to prison, a Probation Service spokesman said: ‘Our thoughts are with Jimmy Mizen’s family who deserve better than to see their son’s murderer shamelessly boasting about his violent crime.

‘All offenders released on licence are subject to strict conditions. As this case shows, we will recall them to prison if they break the rules.’

Fahri murdered Jimmy by throwing a glass Pyrex dish at him during a row at a south London bakery on May 10, 2008. 

The glass dish shattered and severed blood vessels in the 16-year-old neck. Afterwards, witnesses reported seeing Fahri swaggering from the shop with a smile. 

Ms Mizen, previously said she would ‘like answers’ about why Fahri’s songs had been played on the radio. 

And his father, Barry Mizen, said prison does not ‘seem to have made a blind bit of difference’ to the killer’s rehabilitation.

Mr Mizen said parole statements said Fahri has ‘done all the programmes’ but added: ‘I think it does strike quite a few questions about the whole (prison) system – what’s the point, you know?’

Several scenes from one of Fahri’s music videos appear to have been illegally filmed from inside prison.

Reacting to the decision to air some of Fahri’s songs, Mrs Mizen said: ‘I have to say I’m a bit disappointed with the BBC for playing any of his music on the radio station.

‘I’ll be wanting answers about that as well because I think it doesn’t matter if if it wasn’t the two songs that are the worst.

The track Dirty Game includes footage looking outside the broken window of a filthy jail cell

It then films down a corridor

At one point in the music video, a hand is seen holding a suspicious substance wrapped in a pouch

In this scene, a man is seen pacing around a prison exercise yard

‘It’s the fact they played some. You know, when you’re playing the songs of a murderer. It’s pretty bad isn’t it?’

In his songs, Fahri appears to refer to Jimmy’s murder by saying: ‘Sharpen up my blade I’ve got to keep those necessary.

‘Stay alert and kept it ready, any corner could be deadly.

‘Judge took a look at me, before the trial even started he already knows he’s gonna throw the book at me.’

DJ Theo Johnson said Fahri was an ‘up and coming star’, telling listeners: ‘I’m really liking what I’m hearing, when I’m hearing what he’s laying down at the moment.’

Fahri later posted on Instagram: ‘Got my first spin on BBC introducing 1xtra Theo Johnson show.’

After the news broke about the content of TEN’s lyrics, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer voiced concern about the ‘the significant additional stress that this will have caused to the family’, his official spokesman said. 

The BBC said: ‘This individual does not feature on any BBC playlists, we have never played – as we pointed out to the Sun – the lyrics they have printed. He’s had two other tracks played twice. 1Xtra has no further plans to play his music, we were not aware of his background and we in no way condone his actions.’

Fahri - pictured posing with a Ferrari - has been featured on the BBC

The drill artist has a Spotify profile with several songs where he is called TEN

Jimmy, (pictured) described as of 'immaculate character' by police, bled to death in the bakery, dying in his brother's arms. He was the 13th teen to be murdered in London that year

The Prison Service said of the prison footage: ‘We are aware of this content and are investigating it as a priority. We take any material that could glorify violence or distress victims extremely seriously.’ 

While Fahri’s tracks appear to have been removed on the BBC, his profile as a rapper called TEN can be found on Spotify and YouTube.

Jimmy’s murder in 2008 was sparked by a petty row between the pair and Jimmy’s older brother Harry, 19.

Fahri started the argument at the Three Cooks Bakery in Burnt Ash Hill before hurling a Pyrex dish at the former altar boy, which shattered.

Glass was driven deep into his neck, severing an artery and his jugular vein.

Jimmy, who was described as being of ‘immaculate character’, bled to death in Harry’s arms.

He had been out to buy his first lottery ticket on his 16th birthday when he was attacked. 

The Pyrex dish Fahri threw at Jimmy, which caused fatal injuries

Barry (right) and Margaret Mizen attend a special memorial service for their son

Jimmy died from his injuries at the Three Cooks Bakery near the family home, in Lee, South-East London. Pictured: Forensic officers investigate the scene in 2008

Fahri, who pleaded not guilty to murder, ran out of the shop and was described by one eyewitness as ‘walking with a swagger’ while another said ‘he had a big grin on his face’.

Sir Keir’s spokesman said: ‘When it comes to the BBC, obviously they are independent of Government, they make their own editorial decisions.

‘But the BBC, I think the public would rightly expect given their unique responsibilities to the public, that they would take complaints and any allegations like these seriously.’

The BBC said in a statement yesterday: ‘This individual does not feature on any BBC playlists, we have never played – as we pointed out to the Sun – the lyrics they have printed.

‘He’s had two other tracks played twice. 1Xtra has no further plans to play his music, we were not aware of his background and we in no way condone his actions.’

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