The grieving dad of a teenager killed by youth violence has spoken out after the jailing of his son’s killer.

Mannie Nmezu, of Reculver Mews, Edmonton, made his comments on Monday after he saw the killer of his 16-year-old son Iyke jailed at the Old Bailey.

The man who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to four and a half years for manslaughter.

He had pleaded guilty on October 22.

Another man was given a two-year term for perverting the course of justice.

Afterwards, Mr Nmezu said he feels pity for the man who attacked Iyke with a brick in Ponders End High Street on February 15.

He approves of the short sentence which will see the man freed before he has served the full term because of the time he has already spent behind bars.

Mr Nmezu said: “I pity him. I pity his family too because their son committed such an atrocious act.

“I have never had a problem with the legal system. It has done what needed to be done.

“I don’t think it’s lenient because it is appropriate. I think the attack was more a case of grevious bodily harm. He picked up a brick that was lying around.”

Mr Nmezu has criticised North Middlesex hospital and Homerton hospital over the treatment of his son.

He claims that doctors did not bother to check on the severity of Ikye’s head injury.

He says they prescribed pain killers when a brain scan was needed.

One and a half weeks after the attack, Iyke began to vomit and suffer head pain. He returned to the North Middlesex.

Mr Nmezu added: “I urged the doctor to look at my son. I told him Iyke was dying but the doctor said he was OK.

“I told him again my son was dying. He asked me if I was telling him how to do his job.

“At the trial, the prosecution said that if a brain scan had been carried out on the 26th, Iyke would have had a 70 per cent chance of surviving.

“If Iyke was treated properly then the killer would not be an issue.”

Mr Nmezu says he plans to pursue a claim against North Middlesex Hospital and Homerton Hospital.

Meanwhile, Iyke’s two sisters and brother have come to terms with the loss.

Mr Nmezu said: “They have been devastated. Iyke was the one who made everyone happy.”

A spokeswoman for North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust said its sympathies were with Iyke’s family and friends at this difficult time.

She added: “The trust does not comment on details of individual cases but can confirm that it responded to the family’s initial request for medical records and offered a meeting to discuss the care he received.

“A full written response was sent to the family in September.” She said a trust inquiry found that that the clinical decisions were in line with head injury guidelines.”

The family have been invited to have a meeting with the trust, she added.