Two teenagers have been convicted of murder after a teenager who was trying to act as a peace-maker during a fight was stabbed.

Ali Tasyurdu, 18, of Islington and a 16-year-old boy were found guilty at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday (February 25) of the murder of 19-year-old Nikolay Petrov Vandev.

Nikolay’s friend, 19, had an ongoing dispute with Tasyurdu on social media relating to one of them not accepting that a relationship had ended.

Ali Tasyurdu. Credit: Met Police

Ali Tasyurdu. Credit: Met Police

On March 7, 2021, threats were exchanged with Tasyurdu being encouraged to go to Tottenham.

The day after, as schools reopened following lockdown, Nikolay’s friend was on his way to college near Tottenham Station when he was approached by the suspected and punched in the head.

A fight broke out and he was also stabbed in the leg before jumping over a wall to escape.

As he ran off, he heard his friend Nikolay, who had quite clearly been a peace-maker throughout the incident, shout that he had been stabbed.

While the suspects fled and discarded a Rambo knife near the Tottenham Marshes, police arrived aiding Nikolay, but he died at the scene at 2.28pm.

The knife that was used in the attack. Credit: Met Police

The knife that was used in the attack. Credit: Met Police

Tasyurdu, who was 17 at the time, was arrested at his home address on suspicion of murder after he confessed to a family member that he had killed someone. Prior to his arrest he had been planning to leave the UK to travel to Turkey in order to evade capture.

After being taken to a police station on March 9, he was charged, while his accomplice – aged 15 at the time – later handed himself in at Wood Green police station.

The two were also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to a second 19-year-old man and will be sentenced on April 1.

Detective Sergeant Brett Hagen said: “My thoughts are with those family members who now have to cope with the long term effects of this senseless incident.

“In particular the family of Nikolay Vandev, who have remained dignified throughout what was for them, a harrowing trial, which repeatedly featured CCTV of their son's murder. My thoughts are with them today.”