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THE RIVER - NEWS www.riveronline.co.uk 5 A MAN has been found guilty of stabbing a clubber at Oceana in May this year. A jury at Kingston Crown Court found Hoopong Wong, 25, of Byron Way, Middlesex, guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm when he stabbed Karlos Fred- erick five times. The incident happened on May 20 this year when Wong and Frederick got into an argument. Wong was on the third floor land- ing at the club comforting his friend Mr Henry, who had had an argument with his girlfriend. Wong told the court how Fred- erick, who was walking past with a girl, used racially abusive language towards him and his friend. Wong and Frederick began fight- ing before rolling down the stairs. Wong told the court how he was be- ing punched and kicked by Mr Fred- erick, who landed on top of him. Wong stabbed Mr Frederick five times but denied that the knife be- longed to him. He told the court that it was an ac- cident and that he only picked up the knife, which he found lying on the floor, because he feared it would be used against him. Wong repeated to the court what he had said on the night: “I said ‘get off me. I don’t want to stab you.’” He told the court that it was an ac- cident and that he just wanted to get back up on his feet and stop Mr Fred- erick from beating him. “I didn’t realise I had stabbed him until he shouted.” Mr Frederick suffered three stab wounds to legs and torso. One stab wound penetrated Mr Frederick to the bone, the court heard. The court was also told that since the accident, Mr Frederick had sur- gery and stitches above his left eye- brow and has ongoing issues with feeling and movement in his legs. The jury was told by Judge Michael Hunter that Wong had two previ- ous convictions for carrying similar knives to the one that was used at the night of the stabbing. He will be sentenced on December 7. sinking Oceana How safe do KU students feel in Kingston? The River asked Kingston University students whether they still feel safe going out in Kingston after the murder of Jamie Sanderson at Oceana. Jamie Oprey, 20, geology student, said: “I don’t feel less safe since the stabbing. It seems the security has improved since the incident so I ac- tually feel safer to be honest.” Roisin Carden, 21, sociology and me- dia student, said: “Everyone is a bit more on edge and my girlfriends are making sure they walk home with other people. Everyone is cautious.” Jerry Richardson, 19, media and cultural studies student, said: “Most people I spoke to are just angry the attack happened, it clearly could have been avoided.” Benjamin Wilson, 20, media stu- dent, said: “I live in an area where this happens quite often. So, I feel more or less safe in Kingston. I don’t feel any different really.” Clubber guilty of stabbing By Mimmie Wilhelmson victim Jamie Sanderson. Three men have been charged with his murder and will face trial at the Old Bailey in January MANON IBRAHIM
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THE RIVER - NEWSwww.riveronline.co.uk 5
A MAN has been found guilty of stabbing a clubber at Oceana in May this year.
A jury at Kingston Crown Court found Hoopong Wong, 25, of Byron Way, Middlesex, guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm when he stabbed Karlos Fred-erick five times.
The incident happened on May 20 this year when Wong and Frederick got into an argument.
Wong was on the third floor land-ing at the club comforting his friend Mr Henry, who had had an argument with his girlfriend.
Wong told the court how Fred-erick, who was walking past with a girl, used racially abusive language towards him and his friend.
Wong and Frederick began fight-ing before rolling down the stairs. Wong told the court how he was be-ing punched and kicked by Mr Fred-erick, who landed on top of him.
Wong stabbed Mr Frederick five times but denied that the knife be-longed to him.
He told the court that it was an ac-cident and that he only picked up the knife, which he found lying on the floor, because he feared it would be used against him.
Wong repeated to the court what he had said on the night: “I said ‘get off me. I don’t want to stab you.’”
He told the court that it was an ac-cident and that he just wanted to get back up on his feet and stop Mr Fred-erick from beating him.
“I didn’t realise I had stabbed him until he shouted.”
Mr Frederick suffered three stab wounds to legs and torso. One stab wound penetrated Mr Frederick to the bone, the court heard.
The court was also told that since the accident, Mr Frederick had sur-gery and stitches above his left eye-brow and has ongoing issues with feeling and movement in his legs.
The jury was told by Judge Michael Hunter that Wong had two previ-ous convictions for carrying similar knives to the one that was used at the night of the stabbing. He will be sentenced on December 7.
sinking Oceana
How safe do KU students feel in Kingston?The River asked Kingston University students whether they still feel safe going out in Kingston after the murder of Jamie Sanderson at Oceana.
Jamie Oprey, 20, geology student, said: “I don’t feel less safe since the stabbing. It seems the security has improved since the incident so I ac-tually feel safer to be honest.”
Roisin Carden, 21, sociology and me-dia student, said: “Everyone is a bit more on edge and my girlfriends are making sure they walk home with other people. Everyone is cautious.”
Jerry Richardson, 19, media and cultural studies student, said: “Most people I spoke to are just angry the attack happened, it clearly could have been avoided.”
Benjamin Wilson, 20, media stu-dent, said: “I live in an area where this happens quite often. So, I feel more or less safe in Kingston. I don’t feel any different really.”
Clubber guilty of stabbingBy Mimmie Wilhelmson
victim Jamie Sanderson. Three men have been charged with his murder and will face trial at the Old Bailey in January MANON IBRAHIM
