A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he stabbed 21-year-old Joseph Tayaye to death.

The killer of Joseph Tayaye, from Milton Keynes, was found guilty of murder last month and was sentenced during a hearing yesterday (Friday, November 25).

Oluwatomiwa ‘Tomi’ Olatuyi, also 21, of Stanton Avenue, Milton Keynes was found guilty along with several other offences.

He has now been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years following the hearing at Luton Crown Court.

On March 28 this year, at around 11.35pm police received reports of the stabbing outside a property in The Hide, Netherfield where officers found Joseph with a number of stab wounds.

He was treated by the emergency services at the scene before he was taken to Milton Keynes University Hospital but he died the following morning.

Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland arrested Olatuyi on the A1 near Loughbrickland, County Down, Northern Ireland, on April 1 and charged him three days later.

Olatuyi was found guilty of one count each of murder, affray, possession of a bladed article in a public place and perverting the course of justice by a unanimous jury verdict on October 18.

The jury also found Olatuyi guilty of one count of affray and at the conclusion of the trial, Olatuyi pleaded guilty to an offence of possession of a bladed article.

These two offences were in relation to a separate incident in Milton Keynes on March 26 which involved an altercation between Joseph Tayaye and Olatuyi.

Senior investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Will Crowther, of Thames Valley Police’s Major Crime Unit, said: “Yesterday, Oluwatomiwa ‘Tomi’ Olatuyi was held accountable and sentenced for the death of Joseph Tayaye, which occurred in March this year.

“This sentence will not bring Joseph back and will not fill the void that his death has left but I hope that his family and friends are at least able to feel that justice has been served, and that Olatuyi has been held to account for his horrendous actions.

“As ever, we are committed to bringing such offenders to justice and will tirelessly and robustly pursue those who seek to cause such harm in our society.”