Opportunities were missed to protect a 14-year-old Arnold boy who was stabbed to death on a London Street.

Jaden Moodie, a former Redhill Academy pupil, was mowed down in Leyton after being hunted by a rival gang on January 8, 2019.

The Old Bailey heard it took just 14 seconds to end his life as drug dealer Ayoub Majdouline, 19, was found guilty of his murder on December 11.

Majdouline was one of five youths linked to the Mali Boys gang, who drove around east London in a stolen Mercedes looking for members of the Beaumont Crew gang to attack.

When they came across Jaden, who was out dealing drugs on a scooter, they crashed into him and "butchered" him as he lay seriously hurt and defenceless on the ground, the court heard.

The moment Jaden Moodie was knocked off his moped and (inset) Ayoub Majdouline
The moment Jaden Moodie was knocked off his moped and (inset) Ayoub Majdouline

Jaden suffered nine stab wounds and bled to death in the road as the attackers ran back to the car and sped off. Police are still hunting for his other attackers.

A serious case review was launched by Waltham Forest Council, the borough of London where Jaden lived, to determine if any lessons could be learnt from his death. It was published this month.

Jaden was described in the review as "a mummy's boy" who would "often cling to his mother" and had "a big beaming smile."

But he was known to Nottinghamshire Police.

Two reports are mentioned in the review, which include Jaden allegedly threatening to stab and shoot a school pupil with a BB gun.

The second is being caught with an air gun, Rambo knife and cannabis in the street. Both these incidents happened in Nottingham.

The review states one of the reasons Jaden moved to London were due to threats on him and his family's life.

Jaden Moodie died after being stabbed in London on January 8
Jaden Moodie died in London on January 8

The gun-related incidents or threats made against Jaden in the summer of 2018 was not shared by Nottinghamshire Police with other agencies including Waltham Forest agencies and the Met Police.

This meant that Waltham Forest Council was not aware of this when they began to assess Jaden's vulnerability to criminal exploitation.

Nottinghamshire Police have now amended this information sharing protocol, according to the report.

Several agencies had contact with Jaden from the beginning of his school days in 2008.

Having started well at primary school he began to have "a troubled time" at secondary school from 2016.

This had led to suspensions and other disciplinary measures being taken against him, the review heard.

The review states: "His mother believed he was falling under bad influences.

"On more than one occasion she and her family were threatened by people she did not know about repayment of debts that was said to have built up.

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"She decided, in April 2018, to move him to Waltham Forest to live initially with his grandmother while she applied to be rehoused in Waltham Forest from Nottinghamshire."

The review said that "a pivotal event" occurred in October 2018 when he was found in a 'cuckoo house' in Bournemouth with a 17 year old boy.

A cuckoo house is typically occupied by a vulnerable individual who is targeted by organised crime groups so that their accommodation can be used to deal drugs.

Jaden was found in possession of 39 wraps of crack cocaine, a mobile phone, and £325 in cash.

The reports states Jaden appeared as "a vulnerable young person frightened by what he was being groomed and coerced into by others".

Very little information was forwarded to Waltham Forest Children’s Social Care about any aspect of this episode.

This was described as "a missed opportunity".

Balloons released to remember Jaden Moodie
Balloons released to remember Jaden Moodie

Three weeks after being found in Bournemouth, he was permanently excluded from a school in London for a gun-related incident.

Concerns raised in the review said there was a delay in housing which meant Jaden was sleeping on his grandmother's sofa in London and an "education delay" which meant he was left "with considerable free time to spend as he chose".

The report stated he spent "three of his last 22 months out of school and for much of this there was limited adult guidance or supervision in regard to how he spent his time."

The review concluded that Jaden was "the victim of criminal exploitation."

It added: "Information exchange was not always good, a fact exacerbated by his living in Nottinghamshire and then Waltham Forest."

Leah Moodie pays tribute to her brother at Arnot Hill Park
Leah Moodie pays tribute to her brother at Arnot Hill Park

Concluding the review, John Drew from Waltham Forest Safeguarding Children Board, said: "I have three personal messages for all policy makers reading this report.

"First, the scourge of ‘county-lines’ style exploitation seems likely to remain with us for a long time yet.

"We do not have a national system for responding to county lines-style exploitation.

"The ideas of how to protect children exist. The task is to implement them everywhere.

"Secondly, and more specifically, every area needs to have some form of 'rescue and response' system and those in control of resources have a moral responsibility to ensure these are properly funded and widely publicised.

"Seizing ‘reachable moments’ when they occur, and ensuring continuity of relationships once children are found away from home will be critical in our response to this type of exploitation.

"Lastly, we all of us need to understand why it is that children and families may distrust people in authority and, reacting to this, we need to develop ways of working that are based on reaching out to these families.

"It is dangerous to start this work by expecting criminal exploited children and their families will trust them."

Assistant chief constable Kate Meynell from Nottinghamshire Police said: "The death of Jaden is a terrible tragedy and our sympathy is with his family.

"This report shows just how easily children can slip into criminality and how they can be criminally exploited.

"We must all learn from this and make sure we continue to work together to prevent other children from any such similar situation.

Assistant Chief Constable Kate Meynell pictured at Mount Zion Apostolic Church, Radford
Assistant Chief Constable Kate Meynell pictured at Mount Zion Apostolic Church, Radford

"We therefore welcome this report and although there are no formal recommendations for Nottinghamshire Police, we’ve already acted on the findings with our local partners in relation to better information sharing.

"While this report makes it clear no one could have foreseen Jaden’s murder, clearly there were times when more could have been done with services working together to help him and his family.

"Since Jaden and his family lived in Nottinghamshire two years ago, there has been a sea change nationally in the understanding of child criminal exploitation and what the signs are. Along with other forces, we have changed our approach locally in how we work with our partners and we have a collective approach through the local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership."

She said school early intervention officers were now working in schools to identify children at risk.