The man who murdered Cher Maximen in front of her three-year-old daughter at Notting Hill Carnival has been jailed for life.
Shakeil Thibou, 20, from Kensington in west London, was sentenced at the Old Bailey where he was ordered to serve a minimum term of 29 years.
Ms Maximen, 32, was stabbed with a zombie knife when a fight between a group of men broke out next to her. She died six days later in hospital.
During sentencing, Judge Philip Katz said: “It is not possible to overstate the impact of Cher’s brutal and shocking murder on those who knew her.”
The trial heard that Thibou had lunged at a man, Adjei Isaac, during the fight on 25 August – family day at the carnival.
As Mr Isaac tried to avoid being stabbed, he came into contact with Ms Maximen, who fell to the ground. She was then stabbed by Thibou.
