LONDON, England:
OPERATION TRIDENT has identified a suspect in the killing of seven-year-old Jamaican, Toni-Ann Byfield, and her 47-year-old father Bertram Byfield in North London two years ago.
Speaking on the BBC 'Crime Watch' programme yesterday, investigating officer Detective Inspector Neil Basu said the suspect is a black male, aged about 30 years old. He is British-born with a London accent.
Detective Inspector Basu added that the suspect is believed to have been living in the borough of Brent in North London where the double murder occurred. The suspect is also believed to have left the area and could now be living in Liverpool or Manchester and
is familiar with firearms and drugs.
According to the Trident officer, last year a phone call was received, identifying the suspect with a nickname, and a year later another caller identified the same person. According to him, the similarity of the calls could not be coincidental. However, the police have been unable to track down the suspect and is appealing to the callers to call again to further assist their investigations.
INVESTIGATION EXTENDED TO JA
Mr. Basu recently told The Gleaner that the new lead into the killing could assist in solving the double murder. He said that he recently returned from Jamaica where the investigation had been extended.
Toni-Ann and her father, a known drug dealer, were shot dead inside a house in Kensal Green two years ago. The child was reportedly running away from the attackers who sought the father when she was executed with a single bullet to the back.
The police theorise that the child was in the care of the Birmingham Social Services at the time of her death. She was last seen alive shopping with her father for school clothes. However, her dreams of starting school in Britain and a better life ended the day before school reopened. She is believed to have been killed because she may have known the gunmen or would have been able to identify them.
