Simon Henderson

Simon Henderson, 21, was killed in January 2002.

He was stabbed to death in a Maida Vale stairwell after daring to make eye contact with a group of four young thugs.

He had been about to check on his diabetic father William, when 19-year-old Somir Akbar walked up to him from behind and stabbed him twice in the neck and twice in the head.

Akbar, who had been freed from a previous jail sentence for another stabbing days before he murdered Simon, was jailed for life in September 2002 for the killing. Three others who stood trial next to him walked free.

When William went to identify his son’s body at the mortuary, he suffered a heart attack and died a week later.

The desperate heartache of his wife Kay was once again compounded when she woke in the middle of the night to find her elder son Stephen, had committed suicide using prescription drugs he had been taking to cope with depression.

Simon and his family are dearly missed by their family and friends and are remembered with great warmth by all who knew them.

Rest in peace Simon. You will not be forgotten.