Ex-Cardiff City striker 'stabbed man in unprovoked attack',

Ex-Cardiff City striker 'stabbed man in unprovoked attack', court told


Former Bluebirds forward Ibrahim Meite is alleged to have knifed a man in the street before then being stabbed himself


Saturday 5th February 2022


A former Cardiff City footballer stabbed a man in the back in a “premeditated and not provoked” attack in a quiet London street, a court has heard.

Ibrahim Meite, 25, who also played for League Two side Crawley Town, allegedly knifed Rio Amos, 24, in Putney, south London, on the morning of September 12, 2019.

Amos is said to have then produced a larger blade and stabbed Meite after he fell over while running from the scene.

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Prosecutor Max Hardy said it was “unlikely this was a chance passing” when Meite encountered Amos after driving his white Mercedes to the “quiet residential street” with Leon Hughes, 33, in the front passenger seat.

He told Kingston Crown Court CCTV footage shows the pair getting out of the car and Meite engaging Amos in conversation “moving from side to side” before he “sidles around his back”.

Mr Hardy said Meite stabbed Amos in the back “catching him unawares” while his “attention was split between the two men”.

Amos then produced a larger knife and “deliberately and intentionally” inflicted a number of more serious wounds on Meite after he tripped and fell to the ground while running off, Mr Hardy continued.

“The prosecution say that the attack on Mr Amos by Mr Meite was premeditated and not provoked by anything that can be seen on the footage and that the attack by Mr Amos on Mr Meite in return went far beyond lawful self-defence,” said Mr Hardy.

“It is the prosecution case that both of them were intending to cause each other serious harm and that Mr Hughes was a participant in the violence used by Mr Meite against Mr Amos.”

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Wasn't this "one for the future" we bought a few years back but he never made it out of the 23's?

Wasn't this "one for the future" we bought a few years back but he never made it out of the 23's?

I thin he came on against Wigan away in a dyer 0-0 draw. It was the only time i saw him play in the first team.

Reading the report reminds me of the Crocodile Dundee scene. "Call that a knife. This is a knife !"

Reading the report reminds me of the Crocodile Dundee scene. "Call that a knife. This is a knife !"