The unsolved killing of an a 18-year-old West Ham fan has been re-enacted on TV in a desperate attempt to find his killers.
Sami Sidhom was walking home from a West Ham game on the night of April 16, 2018 when he was set upon by a number of attackers in what investigators think was a case of mistaken identity.
He got off a bus on Romford Road and was walking along Chestnut Avenue at around 11pm when he was stabbed multiple times in the back.
Although police have arrested 10 people over the three years since Sami’s death, no one has been charged.
Now the killing has been subject to a BBC Crimewatch Live reconstruction in the hope someone who may know something about it will come forward.
The show aired at 10am on September 8 with the announcement of a £20,000 reward for information leading police to those who killed Sami.
His father Samer told the BBC: “It’s difficult to move on knowing that the people who did this to Sami are still free and could do this to another family.”
He added: “It still feels as if it happened yesterday. There isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t miss him. My life has ended, he was my only son.”
A £20,000 reward was, and still is, available to anyone who comes forward with information on the crime, but so far no one has.
In April the Metropolitan Police issued a fresh plea to one individual who has made a series of anonymous phone calls and tip offs in regards to Sami’s murder.
The Met say this person has provided “several” anonymous tip offs but have yet to speak to the police directly, so they are urging them to come forward as it is believed they could have vital information which could help bring Sami’s killers to justice.
Detective Inspector John Marriott from the Met’s Serious Crime Command, who is leading the investigation, said: “I understand how daunting it can be to come forward after such a terrible crime but investigations like this rely on the bravery of witnesses who find it in themselves to do so.
