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The killer of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen will be moved to an open prison after serving a year on recall for boasting about the murder in a drill rap music video.
Jake Fahri, then 19, was given a life sentence in 2009 with a minimum term of 14 years for killing the ‘blameless’ 16-year-old by throwing an oven dish at him.
The glass dish shattered and severed blood vessels in Jimmy’s neck in a south London bakery on May 10 2008.
Witnesses reported seeing Fahri swaggering from the shop with a smile.
Fahri was released on licence in June 2023 but was recalled in January 2025 after it emerged that he was producing drill music in which he gloated about the murder. The lyrics include the line: ‘Watched him melt like Ben and Jerry’s.’
The rapper, known as TEN, was masked in the video but a newspaper claimed the singer was Fahri.
In his songs, TEN appears to refer to Jimmy’s murder by saying: ‘Sharpen up my blade I’ve got to keep those necessary. Stay alert and kept it ready, any corner could be deadly.
‘Judge took a look at me, before the trial even started he already knows he’s gonna throw the book at me.’
Some of his songs were also played on BBC 1Xtra and lauded by DJ Theo Johnson as someone who ‘really stands out’, prompting the victim’s mother to criticise the corporation for ‘playing the songs of a murderer’.
Jake Fahri – pictured posing with a Lamborghini – will be moved to an open prison
Fahri (pictured) was given a life sentence for the killing of 16-year-old Jimmy when he threw a glass dish at him fatally injuring the teenager
Fahri murdered Jimmy Mizen (pictured) during an altercation in south-east London in 2008
Johnson said TEN was an ‘up and coming star’, telling listeners: ‘I’m really liking what I’m hearing, when I’m hearing what he’s laying down at the moment.’
TEN later posted on Instagram: ‘Got my first spin on BBC introducing 1xtra Theo Johnson show.’
After the news broke about the content of TEN’s lyrics, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer voiced concern about the ‘the significant additional stress that this will have caused to the family’, his official spokesman said.
The BBC said in a previous statement: ‘This individual does not feature on any BBC playlists, we have never played – as we pointed out to the Sun – the lyrics they have printed.
‘He’s had two other tracks played twice. 1Xtra has no further plans to play his music, we were not aware of his background and we in no way condone his actions.’
In a Parole Board decision summary document, it said that Fahri gave evidence to the panel disputing the music ‘was all about his own life’ but noted that since his recall he had accepted he was the artist known as Ten in the videos.
It added: ‘The panel was not persuaded that he had provided an open and honest account of his music and that his failure to disclose the music work to his probation officer had been a breach of his licence.
‘The panel also identified a number of other licence breaches.
‘Mr Fahri had failed to disclose his use of the name Ten to Probation, he had breached his exclusion zone more than once, and he stayed overnight at an address that had not been approved by Probation.’
The summary said Fahri claimed he had been unaware of the restrictions and that he had breached his licence conditions because no one had been through them with him, but the panel found this to be untrue from evidence from Fahri’s probation officer.
Jimmy’s parents Barry (right) and Margaret Mizen attend a special memorial service for their son
At the oral hearing on December 16, Fahri and professional witnesses supported his re-release from prison, but it was opposed by the Justice Secretary who was represented at the proceedings.
The decision from the Parole Board found the panel was not satisfied that his release would be safe for the protection of the public.
It added: ‘The panel was mindful of the witnesses supporting release but it had less confidence than they did in the likelihood of Mr Fahri complying with the release plan.
‘The panel determined that Mr Fahri needed to reflect on his attitude, thinking and behaviour, so that he could better understand himself, including why he failed to be open and honest with the professionals managing his case.
‘It considered that this could be achieved in an open prison and recommended that Mr Fahri should be progressed in this way.’
Open prisons have minimal security and allow eligible prisoners to spend most of their day out of prison on licence, for example to carry out work or education.
It will be for Justice Secretary David Lammy to decide whether to accept this recommendation for Fahri.
Jimmy’s murder in 2008 was sparked by a petty row between the pair and Jimmy’s older brother Harry, 19.
Fahri started the argument at the Three Cooks Bakery in Burnt Ash Hill before hurling a Pyrex dish at the former altar boy, which shattered.
Glass was driven deep into his neck, severing an artery and his jugular vein.
Jimmy, who was described as being of ‘immaculate character’, bled to death in Harry’s arms.
He had been out to buy his first lottery ticket on his 16th birthday when he was attacked.
Fahri, who pleaded not guilty to murder, ran out of the shop and was described by one eyewitness as ‘walking with a swagger’ while another said ‘he had a big grin on his face’.
A spokesperson for the Parole Board said: ‘We can confirm that the Parole Board refused the release of Jake Fahri but recommended a move to an open conditions prison following an oral hearing.
‘This was a recommendation only and the Secretary of State for Justice considers the advice before making the final decision on whether a prisoner is suitable for open conditions.’