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Kings Cross Club Killer Escapes Justice London police confirmed this week that they’ve abandoned the investigation into the killing of Wajahat Sheikh, 21, who was kicked to death on the dancefloor of Kings Cross’ Scala club in May 2002. “All lines of inquiry into the murder of Wajahat Sheikh were pursued with a negative result. The case was closed,” a police spokesperson told the Islington Tribune, “If further evidence comes to light it will be investigated.” Detectives offered a (still available) £10,000 reward for information on the killing which happened during a Ms Dynamite gig at a Cookies & Cream event though hardly any witnesses came forward from the 500 clubbers present on the night. Mr Sheikh died four years before the still unsolved murder of Daniel Ross, 22, who was killed at the same club when a gang shot him dead, prompting the Scala to abandon garage and urban music events entirely in favour of indie/ new rave style parties like Chalk. Chatting to Skrufff last year, Chalk promoter Andy Peyton dismissed direct connections between music and violence though pointed out he’d never encountered fights at indie events such as Adventures in the Beetroot Field, Frog or Club NME. “I used to manage a club, and can tell you that the type of night that is on is the biggest factor in whether there is trouble,” said Andy. “Does a type of music make someone want to shoot someone else? No," he added, “The genre of music is a factor only insofar as promoters have their own crowds, some more violence-prone than others." Speaking about this issue this week, however, erstwhile Massive Attack vocalist and respected streetwise UK star Tricky directly blamed hip-hop for contributing to Britain’s increasingly violent teenage gang culture, in a no holds barred interview with Uncut magazine, "I love hip hop, but it has to take some responsibility for the gun culture we've got over here. We're getting super-violent,” said Tricky, “You can walk around the Bronx for days on end and nobody bothers you. In England, you can say the wrong thing in a pub and, before you know it, you've got a bottle over your head or a bullet in your brain. English people have got quicker tempers,” he suggested. Article by Jonty Skrufff (Skrufff.com)
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