Marcus Rashford has had to come out to defend his honorability after the publication of a photo where he is seen posing with Jake Fahri. An image like any other that they requested of the footballer and that has ended up being a failed test to try to link him with the person who murdered a 16-year-old boy.
If someone asks me for a photo, I will never refuse, but I can’t check the background of every person who asks me for a photo.
Marcus Rashford
Rashford and his explanatory statement
Or that is what he defended in a statement through his social networks: “Today a tabloid contacted me to inform me that they are planning to publish a photo of me with a rapper that, apparently, was taken more than a year. I want to make it clear that I have never seen that photo, that I don’t know that person and that I am not a friend of his, if someone asks me for a photo, I will never refuse, but obviously I can’t check them. background of each person who asks me for a photo”, explains.
The Manchester United footballer has not only had to explain what happened, although it seems surreal, but he has also asked that this image not be spread with malicious intentions and that they be dedicated to doing good: “Please, I urge the tabloids to Instead of focusing on me, use your platforms to help raise awareness of the many charities and people working every day across the UK to tackle crimes against life to prevent more families from suffering tragic losses. ” Not before finishing by remembering the murdered young man and his family: “My deepest condolences to the family of Jimmy Mizen.”
Marcus Rashford statement
Investigated for a rap with details of the murder
A reaction that has come just at the moment in which the murderous rapper is being investigated for the music publication where he details the murder of Jimmy Mizen that he committed in 2008. That is why the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice is investigating what happened and states that it takes seriously “any material that may glorify violence.”
Some songs that have even caused the father of the murdered teenager to have to relive what happened, telling Sky News that he was “so stunned as to remain silent” upon learning of the existence of Fahri’s music, which did not He only sings under the name TEN, but also hides his identity with a balaclava.
The lyrics of their songs not only talk about “sharpening” a sword, but also tell details that relate to what happened: “The judge looked at me, before the trial began I already knew that he was going to throw the book at me.” . And there are more cases where it also seems to deal with what happened: “Seeing a man’s soul fly from his eyes and lose his breath… He wanted more, it made it less bad. Seeing blood spilled on the same floor where they left him” , tells the fragment of the song.
Music that according to the competent authorities, they are investigating: “We are aware of this content and are investigating it as a priority. We take very seriously any material that may glorify violence or distress victims.”
The murder that affected the entire United Kingdom
A case that greatly affected British citizens, since the day after his 16th birthday, Jimmy bled to death in a bakery in southeast London, after Fahri threw a baking dish at him. Action that caused the plate to break on his chin and cut an artery in the schoolboy’s neck.
Fahri, then 19, was sentenced in 2009 to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 14 years for the murder of 16-year-old Jimmy. A time that was what he would finally serve before being released on parole in June 2023. Exactly 14 years later.
