Drill rapper who shot man outside children’s birthday party jailed

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A drill rapper who shot a rival outside a baby’s first birthday party in Walthamstow and “glorified” his murder in a rap video has been jailed for at least 37 years. Kacey Boothe, 25, had been attending the family event for his friend Khalid Samanter’s child in August 2022 when he was killed standing at his car at Peterhouse Community Centre in north-east London. Days after Mr Boothe’s death, gunman Kammar Henry-Richards bragged about the killing in a rap video called Kay-O Laughing Stock. The lyrics read: “Big Boothe and Little got hit, same sig, that’s a sour family. “Both got slapped at functions, neck and head, handguns come handy.” In another version, the lyrics read: “Big Boothe shoulda lurked, got his neck back ripped. Lil’ got burst, shoulda bin with his.” Marcia Rowe, Mr Boothe’s mother, said in an impact statement that there is “no limit to the endless suffering we all feel and must live with every day”. Kacey Boothe was fatally shot...