A judge has lifted reporting restrictions so that a teenager convicted of the murder of Scotty Kouebitra in Croydon can be named in the media.

Scotty, 22, was chased and fatally stabbed after he and his friends were attacked in Gloucester Road on Halloween last year.

And today (November 15) Her Honour Judge Sarah Munro lifted reporting restrictions, which protect the anonymity of defendants under 18, to enable the naming of 17-year-old Jack Harvey, of Holmwood Gardens, Wallington, who was sentenced to 19 years for the murder.

Jahliel Rose, 21 of Bensham Grove, Thornton Heath, was also sentenced, to 25 years, for the same crime at the Old Bailey today (November 15). The trial of the pair lasted more than four weeks.

Police investigations revealed how Scotty, from Sutton, was with his friends at St George’s Field Park, in Selhurst, on the night of his murder when two cars arrived near the park, with the males inside armed with weapons.

The group entered the park and a fight broke out between the two groups - after which witnesses told police they saw Scotty being attacked by at least two males and that the attackers were armed with baseball bats and a pole.Witnesses described how some of the attackers were wearing Halloween masks.

Police said two of Scotty’s friends went to try and help him but they were confronted by several of the armed group and injured.

As they made their way from the park they were joined by Scotty, but he suddenly fell to the ground and started to have a seizure.

Police and London’s Air Ambulance attended but despite efforts to revive him, Scotty was pronounced dead at the scene. and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination carried out on 2 November 2016 revealed that Scotty had several "defensive wounds" to his arms, probably caused as he tried to fend off his attackers.

However the fatal wound was to Scotty’s chest, which had been inflicted with considerable force and pierced the aorta, said police.

A police spokesman said: "It is believed that the target for the attack had been a group who had previously been in the park but had left a short while earlier.

"Harvey was arrested on 8 November 2016 at his home address. Whilst in custody his home was searched and a camouflaged snood was found in his bedroom. On examination, staining could be seen on the snood which tested positive for the presence of blood. It was found that the blood matched that of the victim.

"Rose was arrested on 16 November 2016 and was linked to the crime by CCTV and phone enquiries."

Harvey and Rose were also sentenced for offences of wounding with intent for which their sentences will run concurrently.

Two other men who went on trial for the same offences - Marcus Osazai Asemota, 22, of Turpington Close, Bromley and Aaron Jackson, 26, of Harrington Road, South Norwood - were found not guilty of all counts.