
Murderer Who Killed Again After Charges Dropped Is Given 2nd Life Sentence
LONDON—A drill rapper who killed a 15-year-old boy after murder charges had been dropped in another case has been given a second life sentence. Nyron Jean-Baptiste, 22, was a member of the M20 gang, which is based in Penge, southeast London. He performed several drill songs as MFace. Jean-Baptiste stabbed to death Michael Jonas, 17, in Betts Park, Penge, after he was lured there on Nov. 2, 2017. Charges against Jean-Baptiste and several others were discontinued for a lack of evidence in January 2018 and in November of that year he murdered a 15-year-old boy. In August 2019 Jean-Baptiste, who was then 18, was given a life sentence—with a minimum of 19 years—for the murder of Jai Hughes, who was stabbed to death near a chicken shop in Bellingham, southeast London on Nov. 1, 2018....
